County · Illinois
McLean County
Population 171,419 · Census Bureau Vintage-2025 estimate
Last scored Jul 13, 2026 · Data may be stale
Composite · JPAS tier readings
Power
Power reads 89 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 79 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 20 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 72 of 100, sourced evidence. Water measures drinking-water system health, basin stress, streamflow and groundwater conditions.
Real estate / site reads 65 of 100, sourced evidence. Real estate / site measures developable land share, convertible sites, substation hosting and permit velocity.
Environmental reads 40 of 100, sourced evidence. Environmental measures FEMA hazard risk across riverine, coastal, wind, wildfire and related perils.
Labor reads 55 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 95 of 100, sourced evidence. Network measures broadband availability, fiber and middle-mile programs, and exchange-point proximity.
Density · JDS
Density · Minimal · 18 of 100
Data-center density is absent in this county (JDS Minimal, 18 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-06 Substation & transmission build trajectory — rising — Modeled — covers 2026
- ModeledJTS-07 Utility capital investment trend — rising — Modeled — covers 2020–2025
Windows held: 2026 · 2020–2025. Direction and evidence label only; horizons extend only as data lands.
Commercial Permit Activity
1 permits in this jurisdiction · 0 over 10,000 sq ft
Commercial · electrical · new-construction permits filed 2024+ (Shovels.ai)
Water & Cooling Readiness
Water posture inferred from statewide data; no jurisdiction-level water measurement is available.
Gauge data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Local Moratorium Activity
2 data-center moratorium instruments tracked across municipalities in this county · 2 currently in force
City of Bloomington · Town of Normal
Data: Moratorium Nation (mjbommar) — CC-BY-4.0
JPS Score Breakdown · Jurisdiction Posture Score
Per-dimension posture values are not yet published for this jurisdiction.
Infrastructure Map
Faraday's Read
McLean County currently sits in the Mixed tier with a posture score of 45, reflecting a moderate overall stance toward AI data center development, though no dimension-level detail is available to break down what's driving that composite. The attribute evidence base is comparatively strong, with a Good quality rating near 72 and Medium completeness around 65, anchored by sourced-confidence data across environmental, labor, network, power, regulatory, and water categories, each carrying eight or fewer attributes but consistent 0.85 confidence. Incentive data, by contrast, is thin, with only a single estimated-confidence attribute on record, so any read on tax or financial incentives should be treated as unverified. Development density and facility counts are entirely absent or zero, meaning there's no evidence yet of built or operational data center capacity in the jurisdiction. The forecast direction is listed as stable, but with an unscored confidence level, so this should be read as a tentative baseline rather than a firm signal of future trajectory.
Gilbert Faraday · Aug 3, 2026
Recent Signals
No signal events in the past 30 days for this jurisdiction.