Data centers in Utah

9 data centers and projects on our map in Utah, including 3 projects we track in detail. Each one links to its source. Below: where they are by county, the projects in the news, and the latest reporting from both sides.

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See Utah on the map. Existing facilities come from OpenStreetMap, a community-maintained public map that is incomplete; proposed, under construction and blocked projects are tracked one by one from news, filings and official records.

Projects in the news

Proposed disclosed September 30, 2026 via NPR reporting on filings

Project Beehive

Price, Carbon County · Operator: Valar Atomics

9600 MW · announced 2026-09-30

Valar Atomics proposed a campus of 456 small modular reactors across more than 9,500 acres of Bureau of Land Management land plus about 650 acres of state land, delivering about 9.6 GW to on site data centers and a nuclear fuel production and waste facility. Nonnuclear construction could begin by year end, with first reactor targeted for 2028.

Issues raised: power, transmission, siting-standards, opposition

Source: NPR, 2026-09-30 · On the map

Proposed conditional use permit approved by Juab County; residents filed appeal in mid September 2026

Juab County Mona Data Center Campus

Mona, Juab

$10 billion · announced 2026-05-01

Juab County approved a conditional use permit earlier in 2026 for a roughly 3 million square foot data center campus near Mona valued at about $10 billion. In September 2026 area residents filed an appeal arguing the county failed to provide adequate notice before approving the project, and county commissioners said the process met state requirements.

Issues raised: opposition, zoning, transparency, power, water

Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 2026-09-16 · On the map

Operating Expansion announced 2026-09-14 lifting total investment above $3 billion

Meta Eagle Mountain Data Center Campus

Eagle Mountain, Utah County · Operator: Meta

$3 billion · announced 2026-09-14

Meta announced an expansion of its Eagle Mountain campus with a 150 MW co-located battery storage facility and closed-loop liquid cooling. Company says expansion supports about 1,200 peak construction jobs and 300 permanent roles.

Issues raised: power, water, jobs

Source: DataCenter Dynamics, 2026-09-14 · On the map

By county

Carbon County 1 on the map
Project Beehive
Juab 1 on the map
Juab County Mona Data Center Campus
Utah County 1 on the map
Meta Eagle Mountain Data Center Campus

Latest news from Utah

Cited by both sides local October 9, 2026

Utah's Box Elder and Iron counties race to write data center rules before 180-day pauses expire

With county data center moratoriums more than halfway through their 180-day terms, Iron County's planning commission has recommended new land use restrictions and Box Elder is working on data center rules and classifying previously unzoned land. The counties are among several Utah jurisdictions trying to write permanent standards before temporary pauses end.

KUER Siting, zoning and standards Local opposition and consent

Check it: A moratorium that expires without a new ordinance leaves zoning as it was before; check whether each county actually adopts standards before the clock runs out.

Supports the case for company September 30, 2026

Startup Valar Atomics proposes 9,500 acre nuclear powered data center campus on federal land in Utah

Valar Atomics outlined Project Beehive, a plan to place 456 small modular reactors on more than 9,500 acres of Bureau of Land Management land near Price, Utah, plus about 650 acres of state land, to power data centers and produce nuclear fuel. The reactors would deliver roughly 9.6 GW of electricity. Nonnuclear construction could begin by year end with first reactor operations targeted for 2028, under a federal program that fast tracks reactor testing.

NPR AI race and national security How much electricity data centers use Siting, zoning and standards

Check it: No reactor in Valar's design has yet been licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the BLM land withdrawal and environmental review process has not completed.

Supports the case against local September 16, 2026

Utah residents appeal Juab County's approval of a $10 billion data center campus near Mona

A group of Mona-area residents filed an appeal asking Juab County commissioners to reverse a conditional use permit for a roughly 3 million square foot data center campus valued at about $10 billion, arguing the four-minute hearing that approved it failed to provide adequate notice. County officials say the notice met state requirements, and the developer says the project will bring investment and jobs.

Salt Lake Tribune Secret contracts and disclosure Siting, zoning and standards Local opposition and consent

Check it: The appeal challenges the permitting process, not the merits of the project itself. Utah state law sets the notice thresholds county officials cite.

Supports the case for company September 14, 2026

Meta to expand Eagle Mountain data center campus in Utah

Meta announced an expansion of its Eagle Mountain campus that will lift total Utah investment above $3 billion, add a 150 MW battery storage facility and use closed-loop liquid cooling with dry cooling. Meta says the expansion supports roughly 1,200 peak construction jobs and about 300 permanent roles once complete, plus $2.5 million in local school and community grants.

DataCenter Dynamics Jobs Water use Flexible load Local property tax revenue

Check it: Meta's water and jobs figures are self-reported; check state and utility filings for actual power and water contracts, and confirm the 150 MW battery is committed, not aspirational.

Weighing it up

For the arguments behind these fights, see the case for data centers, the case against, and the questions people ask, each answered from both sides.