Every data center we can document in Utah, proposed, under construction and operating, with the water and power questions behind each one. Trackers count differently, so every row names its sources.
Jim Tily's long essay on water rights and the data center boom, from Bears Ears to the Sevier River ledger in Delta. It follows the water through both straws, the building and the power plant, and ends with six things Utah could require before the next rezone.
Sources: A shorter version ran in The Salt Lake Tribune, Oct. 15, 2026.
| Project | Where | Size | Status and latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta GigasiteCreekstone Energy | Near Delta, Millard County | Master-planned for more than 10 GW; 300 MW listed under construction for 2027 | Under construction County rezoned 1,100+ acres in June 2025. Largest solar lease of state trust land in Utah history, 13,000 acres. State tax credit tied to 106 jobs and $17 billion. In September the developer said it applied to patent a way to capture water from its gas plant exhaust; the University of Utah is studying it, and it is conceptual only.Sources: Business Wire, Mar. 10, 2026; Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity; KSL, Sept. 9, 2026; Gardner Policy Institute, April 2026 |
| High Performance Compute CampusJoule Capital Partners | Between Delta and Fillmore, Millard County | 4,000 acres; 1,400 MW listed for 2028; first phase to make 1.3 GW of power on site | Under construction Groundbreaking held November 2025. Caterpillar is the power partner.Sources: KSL; ENR; Gardner Policy Institute, April 2026 |
| QTS Eagle Mountain (SLC1)QTS (Blackstone) | Eagle Mountain and Fairfield, Utah County | 193 acres; 650 MW listed for 2026; $6 billion | Under construction Third building topped out April 17, 2026. The company says its cooling avoids the roughly 250 million gallons a year an evaporative system would use, at the cost of more electricity.Sources: Utah News Dispatch, Apr. 17, 2026; Gardner Policy Institute, April 2026 |
| Summit Ridge Data CenterData Center Power Company | Santaquin, Utah County | 100 MW, target 2027 | Under constructionSources: Gardner Policy Institute, April 2026 |
| Novva West Jordan, Phase 3Novva | West Jordan, Salt Lake County | 72 MW, target 2026 | Under constructionSources: Gardner Policy Institute, April 2026 |
| Meta Eagle Mountain, Buildings 6 and 7Meta | Eagle Mountain, Utah County | 40 MW each, target 2026 | Under construction Adds to the five operating Meta buildings.Sources: Gardner Policy Institute, April 2026 |
| Project | Where | Size | Status and latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratos (Wonder Valley)O'Leary Digital and West GenCo, through MIDA | Hansel Valley, Box Elder County | Trackers list 1.5 to 9 GW. Axios reported it would use more than twice the electricity the whole state now uses. Project area cut from 40,000 to about 20,000 acres. | Proposed Oct. 15, 2026: new application to change a ranch's irrigation right, up to 1,712 acre-feet a year from Salt Wells Spring Stream, to power generation and industrial use. Protests began within hours. Two earlier applications were withdrawn after thousands of protests.Sources: Salt Lake Tribune, Oct. 20, 2026; Deseret News, Oct. 16, 2026; Utah News Dispatch, Sept. 9, 2026; Axios, May 4, 2026; dcmap.us; More Than Just Parks tracker |
| Nebo NorthNebo North LLC | Near Mona, Juab County | 3 million square feet; about 750 MW announced | Permit approved County planning commission approved a conditional use permit 4 to 1 on April 15, 2026. Mona residents say they learned of it months later and packed a September commission meeting.Sources: Citizen Portal, Apr. 15, 2026; Deseret News, Sept. 8, 2026; Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 16, 2026; More Than Just Parks tracker |
| Project BeehiveValar Atomics | Near Price and Wellington, Carbon County | 456 small nuclear reactors, about 9.6 GW, on 9,000+ acres of federal land plus a state trust lease | Proposed The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing the application for completeness. The state trust lands board approved a lease Sept. 17. Valar earlier dropped a roughly 10,200-acre site near Green River.Sources: NPR via KUOW, Sept. 30, 2026; KSL via East Idaho News; American Nuclear Society, Oct. 5, 2026 |
| Pole Canyon Technology ParkTract | Eagle Mountain, Utah County | 844 acres; first building planned for 2028; campus estimated at 1,700 MW | PlannedSources: Baxtel; dcmap.us |
| Pony Express Technology ParkTract | Eagle Mountain, Utah County | About 120 MW (estimated) | PlannedSources: dcmap.us |
| Antelope Data CenterPronghorn Development | Near Cedar City, Iron County | 640 acres; 1,500 MW of on-site power | Planned The 640-acre proposal preceded Iron County's moratorium. dcmap lists a June 2026 conditional use approval.Sources: KSL, May 27, 2026; dcmap.us |
| Red Butte Energy and Data Center CampusBrightNight | Near Newcastle, Iron County | About 1,500 MW (estimated) | Paused Held by the county moratorium. State air quality review of its notice of intent began July 2026.Sources: dcmap.us |
| VolitionVolition | Spanish Fork, Utah County | About 250 MW from on-site power | Proposed The city changed its code in September. The developer then moved the project from the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon to a site across I-15. Residents are gathering signatures for a referendum on the ordinance.Sources: Daily Herald, Aug. 20, 2026; Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 29, 2026; KSL |
| Qlevr NorthpointQlevr LLC (Florida) | Northpoint neighborhood, Salt Lake City | Not disclosed; city building permit application lists at least $105 million | Proposed Nov. 2026: air permit sought for diesel backup engines. Would draw power from the existing grid.Sources: Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 11, 2026 |
| GoldMineEGI Real Estate and DAI Utah | Fairfield, Utah County | Not disclosed | Proposed Near Meta's Eagle Mountain campus.Sources: Utah News Dispatch, Sept. 25, 2026 |
| Tooele Valley campusDeveloper working with the Utah Inland Port Authority | Tooele County, near the Great Salt Lake's south shore | Not disclosed | On hold The county paused data center applications until it adopts an ordinance.Sources: Utah News Dispatch, Sept. 3, 2026 |
| Waterless AI factoryValar Atomics with NVIDIA | Orangeville, Emery County | About 30 MW | Planned Announced with a technology demonstration in July 2026.Sources: dcmap.us |
| BluSky AI sitesBluSky AI | Nephi, Milford and inside the Delta Gigasite | 4 MW (Nephi, permitted); 9.3 MW (Milford); up to 50 MW (Delta) | PlannedSources: Gardner Policy Institute, April 2026; dcmap.us; KSL, Aug. 14, 2025 |
| View 78Cirrus Data Services | Midvale, Salt Lake County | 32 MW | Planned or under construction Trackers disagree on its status.Sources: dcmap.us; More Than Just Parks tracker |
| Dugway Proving Ground siteCyrusOne | Tooele County | Not disclosed | ProposedSources: More Than Just Parks tracker |
| Project JuniperUtah Inland Port Authority, Iron Springs project area | Iron County | Not disclosed | ProposedSources: More Than Just Parks tracker |
The ten largest of the 48 operating data centers the Gardner Policy Institute counted in April 2026. Its fact sheet lists 40 of them by name and withholds eight. Full list.
| Facility | Where | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Aligned SLC-04 | West Valley City | 270 MW |
| Meta Eagle Mountain, Buildings 1 to 5 | Eagle Mountain | 200 MW (40 MW each) |
| Aligned SLC-03 | West Jordan | 80 MW |
| Novva West Jordan 2 | Salt Lake County | 72 MW |
| NSA Utah Data Center | Bluffdale | 54 MW |
| Aligned SLC-02 | West Jordan | 48 MW |
| Aligned SLC-01 | West Jordan | 34 MW |
| Novva West Jordan 1 | Salt Lake County | 31 MW |
| eBay Data Center | South Jordan | 24 MW |
| DataBank SLC6, Granite Point | Bluffdale | 22 MW |
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