Logan Prairie Data Center
Hut 8 has proposed a 500 MW data center in Logan County, Illinois (proposed). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- Investment
- $5B
- Building area
- 1 sq ft
- Reported jobs
- 200
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other Hut 8 builds
Operator
Hut 8
Utility
Ameren Illinois
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Proposed
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 42 days ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
- 8 mo ago
Announced
- 8 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, all agree
- Location
- Street address reported
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Hut 8
- Stage
- Proposed
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 500 MW
- Reported investment
- $5B
- Reported building area
- 1 sq ft
- Reported jobs
- 200
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2026-01-05Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
Site
- City
- Latham
- County
- Logan
- State
- Illinois
- Location precision
- Street address reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Ameren Illinois
- Power source
- Grid power
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Likely AI or machine-learning workload
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Logan Prairie Data Center | Proposed | 500 MW |
| Server Country | Hut 8 - Logan Prairie Data Center | Proposed | 500 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Aug 17, 2026 · Record: hut8-logan-prairie-latham-il
- CAHut 8 Corp (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 17, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0687
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 143259105274035
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Logan Prairie Data Center”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/logan-prairie-data-center-il-dc_824b1c14a8b3, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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