Governor of Illinois
Side-by-side comparison of candidate stances on AI hyperscale data center moratoriums, electricity rate hikes, water depletion, and Super PAC funding.
Candidate Position
Pritzker enacted a two-year suspension on state data center tax breaks in June 2026 while refusing a total construction moratorium, arguing for legislative ratepayer protections.
Sources & Verified Statements
“Data centers are asking just too much for too little in return, whether it's electricity or clean water... We can't let them cause our utility bills to go up.”
Candidate Position
Collin Corbett supports data center development only under strict conditions that protect taxpayers, require private power generation, and guarantee local rate stability.
Sources & Verified Statements
“Data centers must bear 100% of the cost for their energy and grid infrastructure so they don't drive up electric bills for everyone else.”
“We must end perpetual NDAs and require data center negotiations to occur in full view of the public, with mandatory public hearings, so residents have a say.”
Candidate Position
Bailey called for an immediate halt to all data center tax incentives across Illinois until water and energy consequences are audited, while calling for fossil generation rollbacks.
Sources & Verified Statements
“I think we need to have an immediate halt because ultimately, if we continue on this path that we're going on, energy prices are going to continue to skyrocket.”