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Logan council adopts 180-day moratorium on data centers and data center power plants, reports say

June 30, 2026

A news report said the Logan Municipal Council voted on June 30 to approve Ordinance 26-12, a temporary land use regulation that bars the city from accepting or approving applications for data centers and data center power plants for 180 days, effective immediately. The report did not give a vote count. Council members said the pause allows time to study effects on utilities, land use and neighborhoods and to draft standards.

From the agenda and city or news reports of the results; minutes not yet posted. Updated October 14, 2026.

Decisions at a glance

Agenda, item by item

  1. Item A · City code

    Temporary land use regulation on data centers and data center power plants, Ordinance 26-12 (public hearing)

    Approved

    City Attorney Craig Carlston presented the ordinance at a special meeting. According to a news report, it prohibits development and construction of data centers and data center power plants and bars the city from accepting, processing, approving or issuing any application, permit or approval for them for 180 days, effective immediately and expiring automatically unless the council acts sooner. The report named no specific Logan project, and said Cache County approved its own 180-day pause in late June. The vote count and individual votes were not reported.

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