Chicago Mayor Johnson Signs Executive Order at Lake Michigan
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Chicago's Data Center Task Force
Chicago's mayor was a teachers' union organizer before City Hall
Before winning the 2023 mayoral race, Brandon Johnson spent years organizing for the Chicago Teachers Union — an unusual path to leading the U.S.'s 3rd-largest city. Learn more at Wikipedia
Brandon Johnson is Chicago's 3rd Black mayor in city history.
Harold Washington broke the barrier as Chicago's first Black mayor in 1983. Johnson, a former Chicago Teachers Union organizer and Cook County Commissioner, won the 2023 mayoral election to hold that distinction.
What's Mayor Brandon Johnson's biggest challenge for Chicago?
This storyChicago's Data Center Challenge
- That Chicago's new data center restrictions and increased bureaucracy might drive companies to states with less red tape
- That Chicago lacks the necessary fiber optic infrastructure compared to competing Midwest states
- That Chicago's property taxes are significantly higher than Ohio and Pennsylvania
- That Chicago's electrical grid cannot support large-scale data center operations