Data center laws in Utah

1 rule at the state level: 1 statute. Each says what it requires in the words of its text, with the effective date the text gives and a link to the bill or order.

Last verified September 7, 2026

Rules on the record: 1
Passed: 1
Statutes: 1

Rules in Utah

H.B. 76 Statute
Data Center Water Transparency Amendments

Passed takes effect May 6, 2026. 2026 General Session. This status is read from the bill's own record, not written here.

A Utah statute on reporting of water use by large data centers, enacted in the 2026 General Session as Utah Code 73-5-8.3 with an amendment to 73-2-25.
A Utah statute on reporting of water use by large data centers, enacted in the 2026 General Session as Utah Code 73-5-8.3 with an amendment to 73-2-25. It applies to a data center of 10,000 square feet or more that withdraws 75 acre feet of water a year or more and begins operations on or after July 1, 2026.

What it requires

Before a city or county approves a land use application for a new large data center, it must notify the Division of Water Rights, the Division of Water Quality and the water provider.
Before a city or county approves a land use application for a new large data center, it must notify the Division of Water Rights, the Division of Water Quality and the water provider. At least 90 days and at most 360 days before construction, the operator must tell the water provider its anticipated water consumption and report to the division the county and city, the estimated annual withdrawal, plans to treat discharges, any change to discharge temperature and any water reuse or replacement. Once running, the operator reports each year by July 1 the previous year's actual withdrawals, efforts to reduce consumption and efforts to protect water from pollution. The division publishes each new large data center's withdrawal data by September 1, not in the aggregate; treatment, reuse and conservation details reported as proprietary are published only as county totals. An operator that fails to report after notice is fined up to 100 dollars a day.

Describes the act as enacted.

The text: le.utah.gov (opens in a new tab) primary source
On the scorecard: 1 dated entry that cites this law
1. August 11, 2026 On the scorecard case by case
  Utah enacted HB0076, signed by Governor Spencer Cox in March 2026, the first state law to require transparency on data center water use: a new data center over 10,000 square feet that uses at least 75 acre feet of water a year must report its water sources, the purpose of the use, conservation efforts and water quality to the Division of Water Rights, and the state releases anonymized totals to the public.
  
  route-fifty.com (opens in a new tab) trade press
Last verified September 7, 2026.

A law here is one statute, utility commission order, tariff, tax rule, moratorium or bill at the state level. What it requires is taken from the text, never summarized from coverage; a date the text does not give is left empty. Its status is one of five, defined on the laws index. The dated events beneath a law are the scorecard entries that cite it.

Bills tracked

3 bills tracked in the Utah legislature: 1 signed into law, 2 failed or died. A row opens its own page, with its history, each recorded vote and the legislature's own text. A resolution states a position and does not change the law.

No official summary on file for any of these 3 bills; each links to the legislature's page for the text.

Signed into law 1

Data Center Water Transparency Amendments

H.B. 76 Signed March 23, 2026

2026 General Session. Subjects: Environment, Counties, Land Use, Natural Resources, Water Quality and 4 more.

Source: the legislature's page (opens in a new tab). Found through LegiScan.

Failed or died 2

Data Center Amendments

H.B. 585 Died at adjournment March 6, 2026

2026 General Session. Subjects: Public Utilities and Technology, Electricity, Energy, Public Utilities, Public Service Commission and 1 more.

Source: the legislature's page (opens in a new tab). Found through LegiScan.
Data Center Non Disclosure Amendments

S.B. 318 Died at adjournment March 6, 2026

2026 General Session. Subjects: Public Utilities and Technology, Counties, Technology, Energy, Government Records and 4 more.

Source: the legislature's page (opens in a new tab). Found through LegiScan.

3 bills tracked in Utah; 2026 General Session, legislature adjourned. No data center bills found as of October 26, 2026. Search terms: data center, data centre, large load, hyperscale, computing facility, server farm, high load factor (indirect), energy intensive facility (indirect), large electric load (indirect), digital asset mining (indirect), cryptocurrency mining (indirect), qualified technology facility (indirect), colocation (indirect), moratorium (with another term), sales tax exemption (with another term). The search on LegiScan. (opens in a new tab)

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