Data Center Atlas Intelligence LayerSignals are concise, sourced changes captured as data-center projects, power, policy, and local conditions evolve across the Great Lakes.
Power signal
Rockford · Winnebago County
Monarch's Rockford power path resets
What changed
ComEd and Monarch Rock Air terminated the transmission service agreement that had supported the proposed Rockford campus. Monarch told local media the change will delay rather than end the project, but the company now needs a revised route to large-scale electric service.
Changed Sep 4, 2026 96% confidence 2 public sources
Why it matters
A state incentive agreement and data-center-compatible zoning do not substitute for a workable power agreement. The cancellation materially lowers near-term deliverability without proving that the campus itself is dead.
Watch next
A replacement ComEd study or service agreement · revised energization schedule · a formal Rockford site plan · tenant and on-site-generation details