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Data center campus · Farmland off Formosa Road, Troy, Madison County, Illinois

Cloverleaf Infrastructure Troy data center

Paused by moratorium as of Sept. 21, 2026

A 500 MW campus Cloverleaf Infrastructure floated on farmland in Troy, drawing heavy opposition; the city paused all data center proposals before any application was filed.

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Power500MW reported · stated

Who is behind it

ProjectCloverleaf Infrastructure Troy data center
Developer and teamCloverleaf Infrastructure
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The council extended the moratorium another six months, to March 2027. (The Troy Times-Tribune, Sept. 24, 2026)

  2. The Troy City Council approved a six-month moratorium on data processing centers, 6-0. (The Troy Times-Tribune, March 18, 2026)

  3. Troy's mayor asked the city attorney to draft a data center moratorium of up to six months; the Madison County Board chairman called both Troy sites unsuitable. (St. Louis Public Radio / Belleville News-Democrat, Feb. 20, 2026; St. Louis Public Radio / Illinois Answers Project, Feb. 22, 2026)

  4. About 400 people attended a forum where Cloverleaf said it had asked Ameren for 500 MW and had not yet applied for a special-use permit. (St. Louis Public Radio / Belleville News-Democrat, Feb. 12, 2026; St. Louis Public Radio / Illinois Answers Project, Feb. 22, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Coordinates approximate, based on Troy; exact parcel not reported. The current site is farmland off Formosa Road; a site north of U.S. 40 near Bethel Church was dropped, and another south of U.S. 40 borders the Fawn Meadows subdivision.

The full record

Status note
No formal application was filed; Troy adopted a six-month data center moratorium on March 16, 2026 and extended it in September to March 2027.
Power note
Load Cloverleaf requested from Ameren, which was studying grid capacity; not an IT-load figure.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.