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The number of operational, public DC fast charging stations for EVs located in rural Illinois. Source.

502

The number of operational, public DC fast charging stations for EVs in non-rural — urban, suburban, and metropolitan — Illinois, according to coverage maps provided by EV Data Map online here.

With 75% of Illinois being farmland, the state holds great potential to play a major role in utilizing rural ingenuity and acreage to further empower America and make our country more secure.

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America needs dispersed data centers, more power, more energy storage, and more EV charging stations on rural roadways between population centers.

Download the paper prepared by Farmed to learn about the feasibility of accomplishing this in a responsible way that does not encroach upon where Illinoisans live.

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Farmed is part of a coalition including the Rural National Defense Initiative, Gridvocate, and DC Frog (Data Center Frog) existing to advance new rural economic development in America.

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Yes, and Yes

Can a large data center be built away from water resources and be independently powered?

Farmed Staff

Aug 121 min read

Illinois Advancing EV Charging

Casey's next big thing: Illinois' first electric vehicle charging station built through federal program now up and running.

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Jul 283 min read

What is Agrivoltaics?

[S]ome passersby may be surprised to spot crops growing or sheep grazing between rows of panels.

Sourced News

Jul 12 min read

$37 Million in EV Charging

Washington state is investing $37.3M to expand EV charging infrastructure, with a major focus on rural communities, tribal nations, and areas underserved by private investment.

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Jun 12 min read

A Strong Electric Vehicle (EV) Case

Rising Gasoline Prices Make for a Strong Electric Vehicle (EV) Case.

Sourced News

Apr 151 min read

Whose Farm or Ranch?

The seriousness of development threat to farms and ranches.

Farmed Staff

Apr 141 min read

Illinois Tests Cost, Benefits of Agrivoltaics

Illinois team tests the costs, benefits of agrivoltaics across the Midwest

Sourced News

Mar 311 min read

Energy Infrastructure and the Defense Industrial Base

Can the energy infrastructure serving the U.S. defense industrial base sustain production under mobilization?

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Mar 171 min read

Agrivoltaics Delivers

Agrivoltaics: How combining solar panels and farming delivers big benefits.

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Mar 21 min read

Illinois-Led Study: Agrivoltaics

Agrivoltaics, combining agriculture with photovoltaic systems, offers a promising solution to address land-use conflict between food and energy production.

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Jan 292 min read

Illinois Data Center Power Play

How Clean Energy Can Meet Rising Electricity Demand While Delivering Climate and Health Benefits

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Jan 11 min read

'Data Center Alley' Raises Infrastructure Concerns

The concentration of more than 143 data centers in Virginia's Loudoun County is creating unprecedented demands on the nation's power grid and raising questions about infrastructure resilience.

Sourced News

Sep 16, 20251 min read

Securing the Backbone of Artificial Intelligence

The cybersecurity of AI data centers is becoming increasingly important.

Sourced News

Sep 4, 20251 min read

Misplaced Data

Data center development has run amok. The area in Northern Virginia known as "Data Center Alley," for example, is the largest cluster of data centers in the world. That's a problem.

Farmed Staff

Jul 8, 20252 min read

DHS: AI in Critical Infrastructure

A set of recommendations for the safe and secure development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in critical infrastructure from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Sourced News

Nov 14, 20241 min read

Investing in Rural America

Read how the U.S. Department of Transportation implemented billions of dollars in 2004 to build rural infrastructure.

Sourced News

Jul 1, 20241 min read

Using the Sun: Agrivoltaics

‘Planting’ solar panels on agricultural lands may prevent crop loss and generate clean energy.

Sourced News

Apr 25, 20244 min read

Farming For Crops — and For Solar Power

Farming for solar power can be an additional money-maker.

Sourced News

Sep 12, 20222 min read

Closing the Digital and Economic Divides in Rural America

America [still] has a rural broadband problem. Still relevant 8 years following this 2018 Brookings Institution report.

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Aug 3, 20181 min read

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