Data Mining Center Coming to Pembroke

EJH Legacy, a company based in Scribner, Nebraska, purchased 10 acres of property in the Pembroke-Hopkins Park Community with plans to develop a data mining center staffed by a small team of data miners.

The development of the property is under the direction of Bill Belluso, a farmer who owns Power Solutions Plus in St. Anne, Illinois. This data mining center is being "installed" on a 3 1/2-acre lot on Central Ave, kiddie-cornered to the East Central Lounge.

Why do I say "installed" and not "built"?

The data mining center complex is actually a 20-foot Connex that is used for greenhouses or small enterprises like this one. The Digital Shovel M300 Mini pod (pictured below) is the Connex model being used.

https://www.digitalshovel.com/M300

It has four fans that go across it to cool it. Two window box fans are installed on each end to ventilate the Connex and keep a handful of computers cool. Air conditioning is running through a system powered by solar energy. No water is used in this center.

Agri-solar methods are being implemented in the design of this data mining center development. A 1-megawatt solar array will power it. Its own transformer will be installed. The solar array field will be prepped for wildflower grass seed. A pollinator mix will be sown in between the rows for ground cover to keep the soil regenerated.

The solar array will be grid-tied to ComEd. The array will generate just enough power to meet the electricity demands of the data mining center.

The Connex will be situated along the 900-foot gravel driveway beside the 1-megawatt solar array in the 3½ acre area. There is a creek that runs diagonally through this land. Half is a farm. Half are woodlands. The complete development will occupy the 3 ½ acres of this property that can’t be farmed.

This is the first solar project for this company and the first data mining project, too, but this company has many successful business endeavors currently.

A total of 10 acres was purchased, but will not all be used. The owners are willing to donate the unused property to the village for community use for any sustainable economic venture.

Bill Belluso of Power Solutions Plus, who is managing this development for EJH Legacy company, is the same Bill who manages Hopkins Park Village's water tower system, so he is very familiar with the water supply capacity of our community, which is a major concern when it comes to data mining centers.

Fortunately, this data mining center that is coming to our Pembroke-Hopkins Park community will not bring with it any of the common downsides in the development of data mining centers. This small-scale enterprise will not be using any of our water supply, any of our electricity capacity, or any back-up diesel generators that is known to release toxic air pollutant like nitrogen oxides into the air diminishing the air quality.

The Village of Hopkins Park's Fire Chief, Mark Baines, handles the property management of this land.