County · Illinois
Iroquois County
Population 26,150 · Census Bureau Vintage-2025 estimate
Last scored Jul 13, 2026 · Data may be stale
Composite · JPAS tier readings
Power
Power reads 84 of 100, sourced evidence. Power measures grid capacity, interconnection-queue depth, generation mix, retail price and substation density. Interconnection-queue depth is an estimated roll-up (EST); queue vintage PJM 2026-04-28, CAISO 2025-02-12.
Politics
Regulatory reads 100 of 100, sourced evidence. Regulatory measures air-quality designation under the Clean Air Act and commercial permitting activity. Regulatory is evidenced by air-quality designation and permitting activity; a county absent from EPA's nonattainment list reads as attainment. Attainment here is by absence of an EPA designation; EPA's county list is complete, so absence reads as attainment.
Community reads 42 of 100, sourced evidence. Community measures enacted moratoria, pending legislation and farmland share as signals of local consent.
Incentives reads 100 of 100, estimated evidence. Incentives measures state program baselines and disclosed awards for data-center and industrial projects.
Resources
Water reads 53 of 100, sourced evidence. Water measures drinking-water system health, basin stress, streamflow and groundwater conditions.
Real estate / site reads 57 of 100, sourced evidence. Real estate / site measures developable land share, convertible sites, substation hosting and permit velocity.
Environmental reads 46 of 100, sourced evidence. Environmental measures FEMA hazard risk across riverine, coastal, wind, wildfire and related perils.
Labor reads 67 of 100, sourced evidence. Labor measures electrician depth, wages, unemployment and prevailing-wage floors in the county labor market.
Connectivity
Connectivity is not yet activated as a brief section; the Network tier reading is shown.
Network reads 94 of 100, sourced evidence. Network measures broadband availability, fiber and middle-mile programs, and exchange-point proximity.
Density · JDS
Density · Minimal · 11 of 100
Data-center density is absent in this county (JDS Minimal, 11 of 100). County grain: computed from facilities, construction and permitted projects resolved to this county.
Trajectory · JTS
- ModeledJTS-01 Trajectory rate of change — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- SpeculativeJTS-02 Inflection points — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- ModeledJTS-03 Trajectory volatility — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- SpeculativeJTS-04 Momentum — rising — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- SpeculativeJTS-05 Forecast confidence decay — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- ModeledJTS-07 Utility capital investment trend — flat — Modeled — covers 2020–2025
Windows held: 2026 · 2020–2025. Direction and evidence label only; horizons extend only as data lands.
Water & Cooling Readiness
Water posture inferred from statewide data; no jurisdiction-level water measurement is available.
Water posture inferred from nearby jurisdictions' measurements.
Gauge data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
JPS Score Breakdown · Jurisdiction Posture Score
Per-dimension posture values are not yet published for this jurisdiction.
Infrastructure Map
Faraday's Read
Iroquois County, Illinois currently sits in a Mixed posture tier with a composite score of 45, reflecting a middling and undifferentiated overall profile rather than a clear strength or weakness in either direction. The attribute-evidence base is comparatively solid on the environmental, labor, network, power, and water fronts, each backed by sourced-level confidence and a reasonable spread of coded attributes, giving the evidence quality an overall "Good" rating at just under 74. That said, completeness sits only at a Medium grade of 61, and coverage on incentives and regulatory attributes is thin, with just one attribute apiece in those categories carrying weak, estimated-level confidence, so claims about the county's incentive or regulatory environment should be treated as unverified. There are no known data center facilities of any capacity recorded in the jurisdiction, and development density data is entirely absent. The posture forecast is described as stable but carries no confidence rating, and combined with a null development density score, the overall picture is one of a jurisdiction with decent foundational data in several categories but real gaps that leave its investment readiness only partially characterized.
Gilbert Faraday · Jul 16, 2026
Recent Signals
No signal events in the past 30 days for this jurisdiction.