Moratorium tracker

Data center moratoriums in Illinois

4 moratorium actions in 4 jurisdictions in Illinois, newest first: 4 adopted, extended or announced. Each entry links to its source.

Is there a data center moratorium in Illinois?

No statewide pause for Illinois is in the tracker; the actions on this page are local. Locally, 4 jurisdictions adopted, extended or announced a pause: Lake County, Lawrence County, City of Mattoon and Logan County.

Statuses are as of each source’s date; check with the jurisdiction before relying on one.

Moratorium actions: 4
Jurisdictions: 4
Adopted, extended or announced: 4
Rejected, lifted or set aside: 0

Every tracked Illinois moratorium

Jurisdiction	Action	Length	What the source says
Lake County Illinois · county	Adopted Sep 8, 2026	eight months	Data centers in unincorporated Lake County. Lake County, Illinois Source excerpt “The Lake County Board today approved an eight-month moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Lake County”
Lawrence County Illinois · county	Adopted Sep 2026	two years	Two-year moratorium on data centers. WZDM Wisdom 92.1 Source excerpt “The Lawrence County, Illinois Board voted Thursday to approve an ordinance for a two-year moratorium on data centers.”
City of Mattoon Illinois · city	Adopted Sep 2026	renewed each year	New data center developments larger than 21,780 square feet in the city and the area up to 1.5 miles outside it where the city has zoning authority. Existing businesses can keep operating. Stays in place until the council changes or ends it. The article is dated September 3, 2026 and says the vote was Tuesday night. City of Mattoon Source excerpt “The moratorium applies to any new data center developments larger than 21,780 square feet”
Logan County Illinois · county	Adopted May 19, 2026	—	Moratorium approved 6-4 on May 19; per the headline, it was later declared invalid. Illinois Times Source excerpt “Logan County Board members on May 19 voted 6-4 in favor of the moratorium”

Dates are the date of the vote or order where the source gives one; otherwise the entry shows when it was reported. Lengths, end dates and scope appear only where the cited source states them. Expand any row for a verbatim excerpt from its source.

Tracked projects in these jurisdictions

Project	Status	Jurisdiction and action
T5 @ Chicago IV Grayslake, Lake County, IL	Approved	Lake County: adopted Sep 8, 2026
Logan Prairie Data Center Latham, Logan County, IL	Proposed	Logan County: adopted May 19, 2026

Matched by county, city or the project a source names. Being inside a jurisdiction with a moratorium does not mean a project is covered; many pauses exempt applications already filed or approved, and a county pause usually leaves incorporated towns free to decide. Some entries above note an exemption their source reports; check each entry’s source for others.

Moratorium actions in Illinois project records

Date	Action	Project
Jun 18, 2026	State's Attorney Bradley Hauge advises County Board members that proper procedures were not followed for the moratorium to be legally binding Illinois Times	Logan Prairie Data Center Latham, Logan County, IL
May 19, 2026	Logan County Board votes 6-4 for a 12-month data center moratorium Illinois Times	Logan Prairie Data Center Latham, Logan County, IL
Apr 2026	County Board does not extend the moratorium and sends the issue back to the zoning board pending a data center ordinance FOX Illinois	Logan Prairie Data Center Latham, Logan County, IL
Feb 24, 2026	Logan County Board approves a 60-day data center moratorium Illinois Times	Logan Prairie Data Center Latham, Logan County, IL

Permanent rules in Illinois

Illinois: Illinois Pollution Control Board, 35 Ill. Adm. Code Part 901 (property-line noise standards)in effect
Yorkville: Yorkville city noise code (Title 4 Ch. 4)in effect

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Illinois data center moratoriums: common questions

Is there a data center moratorium in Illinois?

How many Illinois communities have paused data centers?

The tracker records 4 local governments in Illinois that adopted, extended or announced a data center pause. The tracker lists actions confirmed in a published notice or news report, so it is a floor rather than a complete census.

How long do data center moratoriums in Illinois last?

Where the source states a length, Illinois pauses run from eight months (Lake County) to two years (Lawrence County). 2 other actions have no stated fixed length or run until a set date or condition.

Which tracked data center projects are in Illinois jurisdictions with a moratorium?

T5 @ Chicago IV and Logan Prairie Data Center. Sitting inside a jurisdiction with a moratorium does not mean a project is covered: many pauses exempt applications already filed or approved, and a county pause usually leaves incorporated towns free to decide.

Know of an Illinois moratorium we’re missing? Email corrections@datacentercensus.com with a link to the official notice or a report.

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Last updated Nov 7, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APA	`Data Center Census. (2026). Data center moratoriums in Illinois. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/moratoriums/illinois`
MLA	`“Data center moratoriums in Illinois.” Data Center Census, Nov 7, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/moratoriums/illinois.`
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