According to the Illinois Times:
Logan County is considering following Sangamon County’s example and changing its county zoning law to allow for a data center in an agricultural zone through a conditional use permit so zoning wouldn’t need to change from agricultural to industrial, Green said.
The Logan County Board’s zoning committee could discuss this proposed change as soon as March 2, with the full board discussing the change at its workshop meeting March 19 and a final board vote taking place March 24.
The Logan County Regional Planning Commission would make a nonbinding recommendation on the change in county zoning law at its March 4 meeting, with the county’s Zoning Board of Appeals making a nonbinding recommendation at its March 5 meeting.
If that change takes place, and if Hut 8 refiles its proposal, Green said votes on a conditional permitted use for Hut 8 could take place in April.
Under that schedule, the Logan County Board’s zoning committee could discuss the plan at its April 6 meeting, and the Planning Commission and ZBA could make nonbinding recommendations at their meetings April 8 and 9, respectively.
The Logan County Board then would discuss the potential conditional permitted use for Hut 8 at its April 16 workshop meeting and take a final vote at its April 21 meeting.
Hut 8’s proposed data center would require 500 megawatts of electricity, but the company has estimated it would cost $5 billion to build – 10 times as much as what CyrusOne says it would cost to establish the Sangamon County data center.
Let the Logan County Board know your thoughts.
Logan County Board Office
P.O. Box 39
601 Broadway St., Lincoln, IL 62656
217-732-6400
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DISTRICT 1
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Keenan Leesman
401 N. Washington St., Hartsburg, IL 62643
217-737-2047
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DISTRICT 1
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Gil Turner
1556 US Hwy 136, Atlanta, IL 61723
309-826-2444
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DISTRICT 2
CHAIR
James Glenn
315 1300th St., New Holland, IL 62671
217-737-4316
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DISTRICT 2
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Joseph Kuhlman
187 1250th St., Middletown, IL 62666
708-831-0036
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DISTRICT 3
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Bob Sanders
1270 1150th Ave., Lincoln, IL 62656
217-737-2802
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Kevin Knauer
317 N. Lafayette St., Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548
217-737-7748
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Hannah Fitzpatrick
426 Tremont St., Lincoln, IL 62656
217-871-9528
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Jim Wessbecher
828 N. Kickapoo St., Lincoln, IL 62656
217-737-7291
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DISTRICT 5
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Kathy Schmidt
205 Park Pl., Lincoln, IL 62656
201-362-6039
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DISTRICT 5
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Michael DeRoss
311 20th St., Lincoln, IL 62656
773-403-3789
mdeross@logancountyil.gov
DISTRICT 6
VICE CHAIR
Dale Nelson
1386 Pelican Hill Ct., Lincoln, IL 62656
217-381-4051
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DISTRICT 6
MEMBER
J Lance Conahan
608 Wichita Ave., Lincoln, IL 62656
217-737-9819
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