ValorC3 Boise Data Center
ValorC3 secured a credit facility to fund a 10 MW data center in Boise, Idaho. It is reported, as reported September 10, 2026.
How much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Land
- 92 acres
- third party estimate [2]
- Power it would draw
- 14 MW
- not disclosed [3]
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- ValorC3
- as stated by the source
- Who would use it
- Not disclosed
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | 14 MW | not disclosed | [3] godatacenters.com | October 6, 2026 |
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | ValorC3 | as stated by the source | October 6, 2026 | |
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | 92 acres | third party estimate | [2] idahonews.com | October 6, 2026 |
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What happened
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· Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
ValorC3 Boise data center built in 2020 using hybrid cooling [3]
The full ValorC3 Boise Data Center timeline, in order
3 corrections to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the summary of a record items row
the record's rules: the sentence copied its source, was about its headline or carried a number the card's facts do not; written again from the card's facts, on the editor's word The old and new text.
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· the site acres of a projects row
The site read 924 acres. The source said approximately 92 acres (4 million square feet), and the approval ran the two numbers together. Corrected to the 92 acres the source gives. The old and new text.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean stated opposition to proposed data center on federal land south of Boise, calling sale of public lands shortsighted and calling for statewide framework protecting natural resources.
The site
Where in Boise County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Proposed, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 3 other published records in Idaho
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
- Where
- Boise, Boise County, Idaho
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Questions about this project
5 questions answered from the record
How big is ValorC3 Boise Data Center?
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The record has 2 measures of its size: 14 MW (not disclosed, source) and 92 acres (third party estimate, source). Each figure names who gave it and links to the source.
Who is building ValorC3 Boise Data Center?
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ValorC3 is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
How much power and water does ValorC3 Boise Data Center say it needs?
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Power: 14 MW (not disclosed, source). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does ValorC3 Boise Data Center stand today?
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It is reported, as reported September 10, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 10, 2026: ValorC3 Boise data center built in 2020 using hybrid cooling [3].
What has Boise or Boise County decided about it?
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No decision by Boise or Boise County about data centers is on the record. The Boise County page and the Idaho scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.
Sources
Reporting
- ValorC3 secures credit facility to fund 10MW data center in Boise, Idaho - Data Center Dynamics, Data Center Dynamics, April 30, 2026, trade press
- Boise mayor: "Sell offs of public lands to build mega data centers is shortsighted" - KBOI, KBOI, September 23, 2026, local outlet
- ValorC3 Boise Data Center Data Center, Boise, Idaho, godatacenters.com, September 10, 2026, local outlet
- ValorC3 Data Centers Announces 10MW Data Center in Boise, Idaho, valorc3.com, May 5, 2025, local outlet
4 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "ValorC3 Boise Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/valorc3-boise-data-center-id, last verified October 6, 2026.
Cite this page
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For researchers
- Slug
- valorc3-boise-data-center-id
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/id/boise-county/boise
- Coordinates
- 43.82861, -115.83222
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Idaho City), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- September 16, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- third_party_estimate
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- 14 MW, not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last verified
- 2026-10-06