Data center fact sheet
Utah
As of . Latest dated change shown: Sep 21, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.
- Tracked projects
- 3
- 1 proposed, 1 operating, 1 paused
- Planned capacity
- 9.57 GW
- 3 projects publish a figure; 0 projects publish none
- Moratorium actions
- 1
- Upcoming hearings
- 1
Projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratos Project Box Elder County | Proposed | 9 GW | O'Leary Digital |
| Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80) Tooele County | Paused | 500 MW | Chuck Akerlow (Zenith Development) |
| Utah Data Center Bluffdale, Utah County | 65 MW | National Security Agency (construction agent: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) |
Pauses and local rules
| Jurisdiction | Action | When | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Elder County[1] | Adopted | Jun 2026 | 180 days |
Upcoming votes and hearings
- Nov 2026 Tooele County Council: Expected consideration of data center ordinance (Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80))[2]
Latest changes
- Sep 21, 2026 O’Leary and Fox News ask the U.S. District Court in Utah to dismiss the defamation suit (Stratos Project)[3]
- Sep 3, 2026 Utah News Dispatch reports plans paused while county drafts ordinance (Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80))[2]
- Aug 2026 Planning Commission tables the truck stop plat application pending a third-party study and tables the data center ordinance to include public comment in its report (Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80))[4]
- Jul 29, 2026 O'Leary says design is 'full steam ahead' and a water permit filing is expected by end of August; MIDA on 'pause' awaiting permit requests (Stratos Project)[5]
- Jul 22, 2026 Tooele County Planning Commission hearing on new data center ordinance (Land Use Ordinance Chapter 34) (Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80))[6]
- Jul 15, 2026 Joshua Kanter of Alliance for a Better Utah and Gabrielle Finlayson of Elevate Strategies, who opposed the project, sue Kevin O’Leary and Fox News for defamation in federal court in Salt Lake City (Stratos Project)[7]
Notes
Planned capacity adds each record’s first published figure for projects not cancelled or denied; projects that publish none are never estimated. IT load is the power reaching computing equipment, so a total that includes it understates total power. Locations may be approximate where a record gives only a town or county. Counts cover tracked projects, not every data center.
Sources
- Utah Public Radio, “Box Elder County passes moratorium on future data centers”, Jun 17, 2026. https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2026-06-17/box-elder-data-center-moratorium-stratos
- Utah News Dispatch, “Concerns swirl over a developer's push for a Tooele Valley data center, but plans are on pause”, Sep 3, 2026. https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/09/03/concerns-swirl-over-a-developers-push-for-a-tooele-valley-data-center-but-plans-are-on-pause/
- Utah News Dispatch, “O'Leary says he didn't defame opponents of his plan for a large Utah data center”, Sep 24, 2026. https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/09/24/kevin-oleary-says-he-didnt-defame-opponents-of-stratos-data-center/
- Utah Public Radio, “Tooele County residents worry proposed changes could bring a data center to the area”, Aug 13, 2026. https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2026-08-13/tooele-county-data-center-ordinance-project
- The Salt Lake Tribune, “Designing the Box Elder County data center is 'full steam ahead,' Kevin O'Leary says, while MIDA is on 'pause'”, Jul 29, 2026. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/07/29/oleary-box-elder-county-data/
- Tooele County / Utah Public Notice Website, “Notice of Public Hearing (Tooele County Planning Commission, data center ordinance)”, Jul 2026. https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1460331.pdf
- Utah News Dispatch, “Utahns sue O'Leary, Fox News over 'smear campaign'”, Jul 15, 2026. https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/07/15/utahns-sue-oleary-fox-news-over-smear-campaign/
Each project record lists all of its sources and excerpts. Cite as: Data Center Census, “Data center fact sheet: Utah,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/utah.