Logan County KY 12-month data center moratorium (2026)
Logan County, Kentucky — Fiscal Court Resolution Imposing a 12-Month Moratorium on Data Center Construction, Development and Operation in Unincorporated Areas to Study Local Water Supply Capacity (July 28, 2026)
Logan County, KY · Logan County, Ky. — Fiscal Court resolution imposing a 12-month data center moratorium in unincorporated areas (adopted July 28, 2026)
- Status
- In effect
- Expires
- July 28, 2027
- Applies to
- Developers seeking to construct, develop or operate a data center in unincorporated Logan County, Kentucky
- Enforced by
- Logan County Fiscal Court / Logan County planning administration
Logan County's Fiscal Court passed a resolution on July 28, 2026 imposing a twelve-month moratorium on the construction, development and operation of data centers in the unincorporated areas of the county. The resolution states its purpose narrowly and unusually precisely: to study the capacity levels of the local water supply and the effects high-water consumers could have on that supply. Most moratorium recitals list electricity, water, noise, traffic and land use together; Logan County named water capacity as the single question it wants answered. Judge-Executive Phil Baker said the county wanted to take the twelve months to educate itself, and was explicit that the measure is not meant to oppose data center development but to ensure any future project fits the county's long-term plans. Two limits are worth holding onto. The moratorium reaches UNINCORPORATED areas only, so cities inside Logan County make their own decisions. And it is a resolution of the Fiscal Court rather than a zoning ordinance. Logan County is one of a group of Kentucky counties and cities that paused data centers during 2026; the state's first permanent county ban came later, in Woodford County on September 8, 2026.
Who is protected: Logan County, Kentucky residents in unincorporated areas; the county's local water supply
Legal detail
Logan County, Ky. — Fiscal Court RESOLUTION adopted Tuesday, July 28, 2026, imposing a 12-month moratorium on the construction, development and/or operation of data centers within the UNINCORPORATED AREAS of Logan County. STATED PURPOSE, narrowly drawn: 'for the purpose of studying capacity levels of the local water supply and the effects high-water consumers could have on said water supply.' This is a single-issue moratorium — water supply capacity — rather than the omnibus electricity/water/noise/traffic recital typical of the 2026 municipal record, which makes the standard for lifting it correspondingly clearer. TERRITORIAL LIMIT: unincorporated areas only; incorporated cities within Logan County retain their own land-use authority and are unaffected. INSTRUMENT CLASS: a Fiscal Court resolution, not a zoning ordinance amendment — compare Garfield Township MI data center and crypto mining ban (2026), where the township deliberately took the zoning-amendment route for legal durability. STATED POSTURE (Judge-Executive Phil Baker): the county wanted 'to take the time, the 12 month time to educate ourselves'; the moratorium is NOT intended to oppose data center development but to ensure future projects are compatible with the county's long-term plans. KENTUCKY CONTEXT: multiple Kentucky counties and cities paused data centers during 2026 (Kentucky Lantern, 2026-06-08; Kentucky League of Cities, 'Cities Vary Responses to Data Center Interest'); the indexed Kentucky instruments are Two-year moratorium on data center construction and operation (adopted…, Moratorium on data center permits, development plans and zone changes, Woodford County KY permanent data center ban (2026) (the state's first permanent ban, 2026-09-08) and Kentucky Beshear data center executive order (2026).
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Logan County, KY |
|---|---|
| Level | County |
| Strength | Moderate |
| Enacted | July 28, 2026 |
| Citation | Logan County, Ky. — Fiscal Court resolution imposing a 12-month data center moratorium in unincorporated areas (adopted July 28, 2026) |
| Private right of action | No, agency enforcement only |
| Penalties | No data center construction, development or operation may be approved in unincorporated Logan County during the 12-month moratorium |
| Topics | data-center siting and energy · consumer protection · government use of AI |
| News report | Logan County approves 12-month moratorium on data centers — WBKO |
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- Madison WI Data Center Moratorium (1-year) · In effect
- Manitowoc County WI Data Center Moratorium · In effect
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- Dayton OH data center moratorium (180-day, Apr 2026) · In effect
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