Since the Meta Data Center has operated in DeKalb, it has accumulated $72 million in additional property tax revenue for the city 100 miles north of Bloomington-Normal, according to City Manager Bill Nicklas. He said that money has been "transformational."

Since the Meta Data Center has operated in DeKalb, it has accumulated $72 million in additional property tax revenue for the city 100 miles north of Bloomington-Normal, according to City Manager Bill Nicklas.&nbsp;He said that money has been "transformational."

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WGLT's Sound Ideas is our flagship news program. Every weekday, WGLT reporters go beyond soundbites for deeper conversations with newsmakers, musicians, artists, and anyone with a story to share. This 30-minute newsmagazine is produced Monday through Friday. You can also subscribe to the Sound Ideas - Full Episodes podcast.

DeKalb and Aurora are flush with data center cash. They differ in how to spend it

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AI will affect several broad areas of the insurance sector, fraud detection, risk assessment and damage assessment. Gunratan Lonare, a professor at the Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management at Illinois State University, said in the future, AI will take over low-risk claims assessment.

AI will affect several broad areas of the insurance sector, fraud detection, risk assessment and damage assessment. Gunratan Lonare, a professor at the Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management at Illinois State University, said in the future, AI will take over low-risk claims assessment.

AI will change how insurance companies teach workers and how they work

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When State Farm Insurance agents rose up earlier this year in a cry against changes to the contracts State Farm offers them as independent contractors, part of the pushback centered on blaming company plans for AI implementation and a deep suspicion among some agents that State Farm has designs on significantly reducing the number of agents and will use AI to compensate for that supposed reduction in people power. It’s not that simple.

When State Farm Insurance agents rose up earlier this year in a cry against changes to the contracts State Farm offers them as independent contractors, part of the pushback centered on blaming company plans for AI implementation and a deep suspicion among some agents that State Farm has designs on significantly reducing the number of agents and will use AI to compensate for that supposed reduction in people power.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s not that simple.

AI is already penetrating the insurance industry

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The 10 data centers in the City of Aurora are under some of the strictest regulations in the state for the facilities. City officials are proud of that. In September 2025, the city had placed a moratorium on any new applications for data centers, because public backlash started to grow and the facilities were getting around zoning laws.

The 10 data centers in the City of Aurora are under some of the strictest regulations in the state for the facilities.&nbsp;City officials are proud of that.&nbsp;In September 2025, the city had placed a moratorium on any new applications for data centers, because public backlash started to grow and the facilities were getting around zoning laws.

In data center hubs Aurora and DeKalb, two different approaches to setting restrictions

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DeKalb and Aurora are flush with data center cash. They differ in how to spend it

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