Data Center Record.
UT Eagle Mountain City Council July 14, 2021

Facebook data center opens in Eagle Mountain

Eagle Mountain City Council approval record for the Facebook Sweetwater hyperscale data center tax increment financing and infrastructure agreement (July 14, 2021).

Jurisdiction Eagle Mountain, UT
Governing Body Eagle Mountain City Council
Meeting Date July 14, 2021
Extracted Clips 2 clips · 2 opposed · 1 supporting
Archived meeting broadcast · FOX 13 News Utah Ready at Clip 1 (0:15 to 0:40) · Eagle Mountain Economic Development and Applicant Presentation
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Facebook data center opens in Eagle Mountain

Eagle Mountain City Council · July 14, 2021

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  1. Clip 1 · 0:15 Eagle Mountain Economic Development and Applicant Presentation Developer Representative In support transcribed from the official recording
    Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning

    Developer representatives and economic development officials pitch capital investment, jobs, tax agreements, and utility infrastructure before Eagle Mountain City Council.

    "morning dan and kerry so facebook's eagle mountain data center broke ground in 2018 and today it is officially open so it is one of only 17 facebook data centers in the world it's now live and serving traffic which means when you're sharing photos and videos or sending messages it can now be stored in the eagle mountain center facebook says utah is such a great place to do business because of the"

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  2. Clip 2 · 0:42 Eagle Mountain City Council Member Elected Official In support transcribed from the official recording
    Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning

    Eagle Mountain City Council members review zoning, tax abatement terms, water allocation, and grid capacity during the approval proceedings.

    "the community facebook is really committed to the long term vitality of eagle mountain city in all of utah county so this represents to us more than a billion dollars investment in utah it represents to us not just a place to work but a place to live also it represents to us a community to be a part of"

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Column A · Dated Statement
Rachel Peterson and Eagle Mountain Officials Vice President of Data Center Strategy, Meta (Facebook)
Venue: Eagle Mountain Data Center Groundbreaking and Opening Remarks
"Our Eagle Mountain data center will be supported by 100 percent renewable energy, will use 80 percent less water than average data centers, and will fund hundreds of millions of dollars in new electrical, water, and sewer infrastructure for the community."
Column B · Subsequent Recorded Position
Eagle Mountain City Council Item 14B Hearing on 289 MW Williams Natural Gas Plant and Sewer Lift Station Cost Burden
Eagle Mountain City Council Item 14B · Utah DAQ Approval Order (Williams 289 MW Gas Plant)
Agency or Venue: Eagle Mountain City Council and Utah Division of Air Quality
"During the October 6, 2026 Eagle Mountain City Council hearing on Item 14B, officials and residents confronted the approval of a dedicated 289 megawatt Williams natural gas turbine plant burning fossil fuel exclusively for the Meta campus while municipal ratepayers faced a multimillion dollar sewer lift station upgrade triggered by industrial discharge."

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