Logan County, Illinois, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 19, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
Logan County, Illinois, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on December 1, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
The records read: "The Logan County Board approved a 12-month moratorium on large-scale data centers. Hut 8 had been considering a project in the county. (datacentertracker.org)." "The Logan County (IL) Board voted 9-2 in February 2026 to approve a 60-day moratorium on accepting data center applications, prompted by Hut 8 Corp's proposal for a $5B, 500 MW data center on 200 acres of farmland in Laenna Township near… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | May 19, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | in force | December 1, 2025 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Logan County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Illinois context
Illinois has 23 documented local actions across 21 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has an incentive rollback (in force, June 5, 2026).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.