Joliet Residents for Responsible Growth

06/03/2026

Last Saturday, Griselda Chavez of JRRG was a featured speaker at the Illinois Environmental Council's (IEC) Lobby Day rally on the steps of The Capitol Building.

Alongside over 600 residents from Joliet and across the state, we joined together to bring awareness to large data center approvals, like in Joliet, and call on our state representatives to pass the POWER Act. This legislation would provide guardrails to the hyperscale data center industry and ensure that local communities, like Joliet and many others around Illinois, are not left out of the data center conversation.

There's much more to come! Want to join our campaign? Contact us today at [email protected] to get involved!

06/02/2026

Major Update!! 🗣️

We have officially taken our fight for community transparency to the courts. Joliet Residents for Responsible Growth (JRRG), alongside local residents, has filed a formal lawsuit in the Will County Circuit Court to halt the fast-tracked PowerHouse Hillwood data-center campus.

Case Details: Case number: 2026CH000108, Filed May 17, 2026, Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois Chancery Division.

GET INVOLVED & MEDIA INQUIRIES:
JRRG is proudly represented by the Law Office of Ronald Cummings of Plainfield, Illinois.

For media contacts, to join the campaign, or for general inquiries, reach out to us at: [email protected]

05/01/2026

On behalf of GreenLatinos and Warehouse Workers for Justice, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who joined us this past Monday for our Data Centers Town Hall in Joliet! 💚

It was incredibly meaningful to gather in community over a meal and share space for such an important conversation. We’re deeply grateful for the time, insight, and lived experience everyone brought into the room.

Together, we had an important and grounding discussion on:

- What data centers are and why they’re coming to Illinois
- The hidden costs of Data Centers on communities
- The Joliet Data Center Proposal and ways to get involved in local organizing efforts
- State and Local policy action that can be used to regulate data centers
- And ways folks can take action

We always enjoy our time in Joliet, and collaborating with Warehouse Workers For Justice!

Hoping that those who couldn’t join us for this event, can for the next! We look forward to working in the community again soon, thanks again! 💚

04/28/2026

Last night, the city of Rochelle voted unanimously against yet another data center!

The plan, by Midwest Power Investors, has been in negotiation by the city since early 2025 and would have demanded up to 150 MW.

The proposal will be revisited, however, Mayor John Bearrows stated "I can not support this project and I won't."

Rochelle City Council voted unanimously against a proposal to build a data center.

04/27/2026

A reminder for tonight's in-person community town hall at Pilcher Park Nature Center!

🕡Time: 6:30pm
📍2501 Highland Park Dr, Joliet, IL

04/24/2026

Want to talk face-to-face with your representatives about your concerns for data centers? Join IEC, Sierra Club, and more in Springfield on May 30th to lobby for the POWER ACT!

Big Tech is racing to build data centers across IL & they're snapping up dangerously large amounts of water & energy without paying their fair share.🌎🌊 Join us in Springfield on May 30 to urge support for the POWER Act, which protects us from data center harms! RSVP: bit.ly/POWER2026

04/24/2026

Resident Confronts Officials Over PFAS In Closed Loop Cooling System Data Center Joliet, IL