data centers

Tazewell County may soon join the list of area counties and communities with a moratorium on data center proposals. The county board's land use committee has recommended a nine-month moratorium.

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood spoke to WCBU during a stop in Peoria to announce federal appropriation money for an industrial park in the city. He gave his thoughts on current events including the federal deficit, mail-in voting and data centers.

The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will be in Tremont next year. Tremont resident and veteran Rick Otey made the announcement at a Tazewell County Board meeting.

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali remains steadfast in her belief that the planned Phoenix Manor permanent supportive housing development on the South Side ultimately will benefit the neighborhood.

If a data center is built in Tazewell County, it must be in an industrial area. That was the key takeaway from the Tazewell County Board land use committee's initial dive into a data center ordinance.

East Peoria is going to keep most of its recently purchased property on the north side as an operating farm for at least the next year.

East Peoria is growing in size by an additional 272 acres, at a cost of $5.25 million. The city council unanimously voted for final approval to purchase the Keil & Blye Farm property between Centennial Drive, Grange Road and U.S. 24.

Morton Industries is expanding its operations in the Greater Peoria region with the addition of an 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in East Peoria. The company said the site will be dedicated to stainless steel production for the growing data center market.

The Riverview Plaza tower in Downtown Peoria has been shuttered for more than two years, as the city pushes the building owner to fix the fire suppression, sprinkler and electrical systems. City Manager Patrick Urich said Peoria is doing everything within its power to see the building brought into code compliance.

East Peoria city leaders have agreed to spend $5.2 million for more than 270 acres of undeveloped farmland near the city’s northeast side in hopes of future residential growth.