The Barrington Hills Observer

The Hoffman Estates plan commissions Wednesday will hear will hear a request to rezone to manufacturing the 186-acre Plum Parms property northwest of Higgins Road and Route 59, potentially a third data center campus in the village. This view looks south towards Higgins Road, with Old Sutton Road at the center of the image. | Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com

By Eric Peterson | Daily Herald

A company that saw its plans for a Naperville data center rejected in January is now looking to rezone the 186-acre Plum Farms property in Hoffman Estates.

The village’s plan commission will hear the rezoning request Wednesday.

Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod announced at his state of the village address in February 2025 that Florida-based Karis Critical had bought the property at Higgins Road and Route 59 with an interest in developing the village’s third data center campus.

Now doing business as H.E. Holdings LLC, the property owner is currently only asking for a rezoning from the vacant site’s commercial mixed-use and traditional neighborhood classifications to manufacturing.

If the rezoning is approved, the owner plans to contract with a developer for a detailed proposal.

This news has sparked opposition from residents in nearby Barrington Hills. They have sent letters to the plan commissioners and to state representative Martin McLaughlin, a former Barrington Hills village president.

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