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The Navy is canceling a long-delayed overhaul of the USS Boise after costs ballooned to nearly $3 billion, with Secretary of the Navy John Phelan saying the submarine no longer made financial or ...

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Joliet officials signed off on one of the largest data center projects in the Chicago area, approving a sprawling $20 billion, 795-acre campus, even as residents packed public hearings to warn of its ...

Moments after approving a controversial 795-acre data center project, Joliet City Council members pledged to keep tabs on the developer as the 24-building technology center is built. The proposal drew ...

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At a packed and contentious Joliet City Council meeting on Tuesday night, opponents outnumbered supporters of a proposed data center at the edge of the city, not far from a large warehouse development ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WGN) — Hours of public comment on Monday delayed the vote on a massive A.I. data center in Joliet. Three days later, the Joliet City Council (JCC) reconvened and voted the development ...

A vote on what would be the largest data center in Illinois was postponed after a six-and-a-half-hour-long council meeting Monday night. The center would be near Rowell and Bernhard Roads in Joliet, ...