NCSA Petascale Computing Facility

• Natural Gas33.4%
• Coal28.2%
• Solar13.1%
• Imports11.0%
• Nuclear9.7%
• Other3.0%
• Wind1.6%

Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 9:20 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

• Illinois officials face data center moratorium push as sixth grader says, 'We need our water'

  The Cool Down· Jul 10, 2026
• Champaign County seeking legal counsel to regulate data centers following failure of Illinois POWER Act

  CU-CitizenAccess.org· Jul 2, 2026
• Team looking to tap underground ‘thermal batteries’ to cool AI Data centers and save water

  Illinois News Bureau· Jun 30, 2026
• As people protest data centers across the Heartland, lawmakers rush to regulate development

  Nebraska Public Media· Jun 23, 2026
• Urbana backed down from rules paving way for big data centers. Now a developer is suing

  WYSO Public Radio· Jun 23, 2026
• Urbana City Council reverses data center zoning change

  Peak of Ohio· Jun 17, 2026

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Champaign), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, Bottenfield Elem School in Champaign, is 0.9 mi from this site (453 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.