Property developer Eagle Rock has proposed the construction of a 1GW data center in Christian County, Illinois.

The $8.8 billion campus would be located south of E 1100 North Road, west of N 900 East Road, north of County Road 1000 North, and east of N 800 East Road. It would span 475 acres and consist of ten 100MW data center buildings, according to reporting by WAND News.

The facility aims to use closed-loop cooling, according to Eagle Rock founding partner Ken Loeber, who was present at an informational session about the project organized by the Christian County Economic Development Corporation on June 2.

Loeber also told Capitol City Now that construction would not begin until 2029 or 2030 even if the facility was approved.

Opposition to the project emerged soon after it was announced.

A petition calling for “an immediate 18-month moratorium on [data center] developments in Christian County,” as well as “independent studies and public hearings,” has gathered just short of 700 signatures at time of writing.

Christian County is located in central Illinois. Most of the state’s data centers are clustered around Chicago.