Data Center Registry
Logan Prairie Data Center
Latham, Logan County, Illinois · All 4 Hut 8 sites
Logan Prairie Data Center is a proposed data center in Latham, Illinois (Logan County), operated by Hut 8 Corp. The public record puts it at 500 MW planned, a reported $5 billion investment.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Hut 8 Corp
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Latham, Logan County, IL
- Coordinates
- 39.9672, -89.1614 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 500 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $5 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Ameren Illinois
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 200 permanent; 1,500 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- August 17, 2026ProposedOperator describes the project as in early development, not yet approved; local permitting and utility approvals outstanding Source: Hut 8 Corp
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Logan Prairie Data Center in Latham, Logan County, Illinois appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Power and water
Grid-served by Ameren Illinois inside MISO; formal interconnection and system impact studies required before energization.
Closed-loop recirculation; cooling water trucked in from outside Logan County and reused approximately four to seven years. About 9,000 gallons/day of local water for domestic needs only.
Notes on the record
AI/cloud campus proposed near Latham in Logan County; estimated up to $65M/year in property tax revenue and a project labor agreement with local trades. landAcres omitted: the operator page states 50 acres while press accounts describe roughly 200 acres of farmland. Public-reception check (2026-09-10): Hut 8's own project page documents a real community-engagement process -- a public meeting before the Logan County Board's Zoning and Economic Development Committee (2026-01-05), a local radio interview (2026-01-15), and a community open house at the Lincoln Banquet Center (2026-02-04) -- but records no resident reaction, vote outcome, or opposition/support statement from any of those events. Checked: operator project page only; Logan County meeting minutes not checked.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Land area
- How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Logan Prairie Data Center in Latham?
Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Logan Prairie Data Center in Latham, Logan County, Illinois appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Logan Prairie Data Center?
No lawsuit over Logan Prairie Data Center appears in the record we track as of September 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Logan Prairie Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Logan Prairie Data Center is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Logan Prairie Data Center, and how big is it?
Hut 8 Corp is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 500 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Logan Prairie Data Center," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hut8-logan-prairie-latham-il.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/hut8-logan-prairie-latham-il, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Logan Prairie Data Center, Hut 8 · Hut 8 Corp · retrieved August 17, 2026
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