Logan Approves 180-Day Moratorium on Data Centers
Logan’s Municipal Council approved a 180-day moratorium on data centers and data-center power plants, temporarily stopping development and construction of those facilities within city limits.
The council adopted Ordinance 26-12 during a special meeting on June 30, according to the Utah Public Notice Website and KVNU. The action changes what can move forward under Logan’s land-use rules while city officials consider how data centers and related power facilities should be regulated.
The ordinance is a temporary land-use regulation. It is not a permanent ban, and the approved records do not identify a particular project that the council rejected.
What Logan’s ordinance changes
Ordinance 26-12 prohibits the development and construction of data centers and data-center power plants in Logan for 180 days. The restriction applies within Logan city limits.
That means the city has created a defined pause for a category of development rather than taking final action against a named applicant or facility. The available notice does not identify a specific proposed data-center applicant or project.
The ordinance also does not say what will happen after the 180-day period. The city could extend the moratorium, replace it with another regulation or allow it to expire, but the approved materials do not establish which of those outcomes Logan will pursue.
Public discussions are part of the next phase
Logan held or scheduled public discussion concerning data-center zoning and land-use regulations in early August. Those discussions give city officials and residents a setting to examine whether existing rules address this type of development and whether additional standards are needed.
The issues identified in the approved materials include land use, infrastructure and power demand. Data-center development can require large buildings and specialized infrastructure, making the city’s zoning and utility-planning rules relevant to any future proposal.
But the available records do not provide a city study quantifying potential electricity demand, infrastructure costs or economic effects. No specific power, cost or economic impact should be attributed to the moratorium itself based on the approved materials.
What happens next
The city’s public notices identify Aug. 11, 2026, as the date for a scheduled public hearing and final adoption of Logan’s fiscal-year 2026-27 budget. That budget proceeding is separate from the data-center moratorium, but it is the next identified public decision point in the Logan notices.
The early-August zoning discussions and the 180-day pause are more directly connected to the city’s review of data-center rules. The packet does not specify a final date for a new zoning ordinance, a decision on extending the moratorium or a determination that covered development will be allowed once the temporary period ends.
For Logan residents and property owners, the immediate consequence is that development and construction of covered data centers and data-center power plants cannot proceed within city limits under the temporary regulation. For developers, the ordinance pauses that development category while the city considers its land-use framework.
The confirmed action is limited to the council’s June 30 approval of Ordinance 26-12 and its 180-day duration. No specific project denial, permanent prohibition or quantified infrastructure consequence has been established in the approved records.
Sources
- Notice of adoption: Ordinance 26-12, moratorium on data centers and data center power plants, Utah Public Notice Website
- Logan Municipal Council imposes 180-day moratorium on data centers, KVNU
- Logan Municipal Council public notice and budget materials, Utah Public Notice Website
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