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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Logan Prairie Data Center.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Hut 8 Corp
- Address and locality
- Latham · Logan County · Illinois
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- proposed
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 500 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 15 October 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000801
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Ameren Illinois
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Announced investment
- $5 billion
- Announced jobs
- 200 permanent · 1,500 construction
- Community response
- Provider label: contested
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
Provider notes
Energy. Grid-served by Ameren Illinois inside MISO; formal interconnection and system impact studies required before energization.
Water. 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.
Community. Latham canceled its Aug. 3, 2026 annexation/rezoning vote after an informal poll showed it would fail. The county tabled the applications over technical errors, and opponents (Sustain Logan County Communities) cite a lack of transparency.
What the source record says
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.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-08-17 · source-reported proposed
Operator describes the project as in early development, not yet approved; local permitting and utility approvals outstanding
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Logan Prairie Data Center — Hut 8 · Hut 8 Corp
- Future uncertain for Logan County data center · Illinois Times
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID hut8-logan-prairie-latham-il. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000801
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Latham, IL · Logan (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Hut 8 Corp
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported proposed
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Status history: 2026-08-17 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 500 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Ameren Illinois
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $5 billion
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 200 permanent · 1,500 construction
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: contested
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-10-15
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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