Volition said they may seek a new community to build their data center due to the continued delays in Spanish Fork
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: FOX 13 News Utah (opens in a new tab).
Volition Industries Spanish Fork
Spanish Fork, Utah County, UTDeveloper: VolitionCensus GEOID 49049
- Stage
- Proposed
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Land, Buildings
Spanish Fork City Council approved a Title 15 zoning amendment creating a Data Center Overlay District on September 21, 2026, while the developer proposed moving the 250 MW project to an unincorporated Utah County site in the Stockman Flats area south of the city. It is proposed, as reported September 2, 2026.
Who would use it has not been disclosed.
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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.
- Power it would draw
- 250 MW the developer's figure About 2 percent of New York City's summer peak demand in 2024.
- Water
- 250,000 gallons a year the developer's figure Not compared: the source did not say whether the figure is withdrawal or consumptive use.
- Who leads it
- Volition as stated by the source
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Land, Buildings, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs
The math behind the comparison
- Volition Industries Spanish Fork, capacity: 250 MW.
- New York City (NYISO Zone J) summer peak demand, actual, 2024: 10,245 MW (2024).
- 250 ÷ 10,245 = 0.02 (MW over MW).
Sources:
- Volition (opens in a new tab)
- NYISO, 2025 Load and Capacity Data Report (Gold Book) (opens in a new tab), Table I-4a, Baseline Summer Non-Coincident Peak Demand, Historical and Forecast, page 26, Zone J, 2024 row (2024)
A comparison is arithmetic on two published rows and is never a new fact (how comparisons are made).
What it is for, as a source states it: AI, type not stated.
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| How much power it needs | 250 MW | the developer's figure | spanishfork.gov (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
| How much water it would use | 250,000 gallons a year | the developer's figure | spanishfork.gov (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
| How loud it would be | ||||
| Jobs once it runs | ||||
| Tax it would pay each year | $40,000,000 to $44,000,000 | the developer's figure | [1] utah.gov (opens in a new tab), [5] ksl.com (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| Who is building it | Volition | as stated by the source | spanishfork.gov (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
| Who is constructing it | ||||
| How much land | ||||
| Buildings | ||||
| Where its power comes from | ||||
| Grid connection | ||||
| How it is cooled |
How much power it needs, also reported: 250 to 400 MW, 2026 (FOX 13 News Utah (opens in a new tab): The proposed Volition project would be a billion dollar, self powered data center that would generate between 250 and 400 megawatts of its own power using natural gas, KSL News (opens in a new tab): The proposed Volition data center would generate between 250 and 400 megawatts of its own power using natural gas); 250 MW, 2026 (Daily Herald (via Google News) (opens in a new tab): Volition proposed data center would generate approximately 250 megawatts using onsite power generation) .
How much water it would use, also reported: 250,000 gal/yr, 2026 (Daily Herald, Cougar Chronicle (opens in a new tab): water use, proposed closed loop site) .
Tax it would pay each year, also reported: 4,000,000,000 USD, 2026 (Daily Herald (via Google News) (opens in a new tab): Volition CEO Jeff Chavez claimed the facility would have on site value over $4 billion and generate at least $40 million in annual tax revenue, Daily Herald (via Google News) (opens in a new tab): Volition claimed facility would have on site value of more than $4 billion and generate at least $40 million in annual tax revenue); 44,000,000 USD, 2026 (KSL News (opens in a new tab): Volition said the facility would generate around $44 million in tax revenue for the city, school district and taxing entities, KSL.com (opens in a new tab): Chavez stated Volition would generate around $44 million in annual tax revenue for the city, school district and other taxing entities) .
A blank value cell means not disclosed by any source on file; a blank basis cell means the source gave the figure without saying on what basis.
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.
- Who would use it A lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
What was decided
Acts of Utah County and Spanish Fork about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
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| Utah County | The Utah County Commission voted to approve a land use ordinance for data centers without taking public comment on Oct. 20, 2026. | universe.byu.edu (opens in a new tab) | |
| Utah County | Utah County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of Application #2026-09 proposing amendments to UCLUO Sections 8.132, 2.08, 10.04, 12.28, 12.40, and 12.72 establishing a Data Center Overlay (DCO) Zone in Mining and Grazing (M&G-1) and Industrial (I-2) zones, advancing to the Board of County Commissioners for final adoption. | codev.utahcounty.gov (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | City Council approved zoning change allowing data center at mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon | sltrib.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | Spanish Fork City Council members limited the city to only one data center unless city leaders vote to change that in the future. | ksl.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | Spanish Fork City Council voted to approve changes to city code for a data center. | ksl.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | Spanish Fork City Council decided not to amend Title 15 after months of study and a two week delay, deferring the final decision for another two weeks | fox13now.com (opens in a new tab) |
14 earlier decisions on the county's rows
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
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| Spanish Fork | A Spanish Fork public hearing on August 18 lasted more than six hours with dozens of residents expressing concerns about the Volition proposal | ksl.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | Spanish Fork City Council delayed the Title 15 amendment vote a second time, for another two weeks. | fox13now.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Eagle Mountain | Eagle Mountain walked back its first tax hike but residents will still pay about double the old rate | sltrib.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Eagle Mountain | Meta and Google received tax incentives or breaks for data centers in Eagle Mountain | sltrib.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Eagle Mountain | Eagle Mountain raised property taxes 183% | sltrib.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | The proposed regulations would limit no more than two data center sites with onsite power generation within city limits | sltrib.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | Spanish Fork is considering changing city code to establish rules and requirements for data centers with onsite power generation facilities | sltrib.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | Proposed amendments require closed loop, air cooled or dry cooling systems to limit water use | heraldextra.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | Proposed amendments to Title 15 would cap a data center at 500 megawatts | heraldextra.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | Spanish Fork City Council worked to establish requirements for data centers and other facilities that generate their own electricity by amending Title 15 of the municipal code | heraldextra.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | City council tabled resolution to amend ordinance allowing data centers to generate their own power | fox13now.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | Spanish Fork city council held five hour public hearing on data center proposal with dozens of commenters | fox13now.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | The Spanish Fork City Council voted to table the ordinance after a six and a half hour meeting with extensive public comment | abc4.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Spanish Fork | After a six hour public hearing, Spanish Fork City Council tabled a vote on Title 15 amendments that would set rules for self powered data centers until September 1. | heraldextra.com (opens in a new tab) |
What happened
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· Status: proposed (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
The proposed Volition data center would be a billion dollar, self powered facility generating between 250 and 400 megawatts of its own power using natural gas
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Volition plans to partner with Bloom Energy to power the facility using natural gas fueled solid oxide fuel cells with closed loop cooling
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· Status: permitting (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
The Fingerhut warehouse site is located at 4000 E. U.S. Highway 6 and is approximately 1.1 million square feet
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Volition, a Provo based AI data center company, hopes to redevelop the former Fingerhut warehouse site at 4000 E. U.S. 6 in Spanish Fork
28 earlier entries
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Spanish Fork City Council delayed the Title 15 vote a second time, for two more weeks, and Volition Industries said it may take the project to another community
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Spanish Fork City Council delayed the Title 15 vote a second time, for two more weeks, and Volition Industries said it may take the project to another community.
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Mayor Mike Mendenhall posted on Facebook that he supports the proposal, citing the tax revenue and jobs the company has described.
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Volition proposes a data center at the former Fingerhut warehouse at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon
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Volition, a Provo based company, proposes to build a data center at the former Fingerhut warehouse, a million square foot facility currently operating as a distribution center
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The motion to vote on revisions to the Title 15 municipal amendments was tabled until Sept. 1
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Volition proposes a 250 MW data center using onsite power generation in an existing warehouse at Spanish Fork Canyon mouth
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Council meeting to revisit data center resolution at September 1 meeting
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Volition's closed loop cooling system would need about two Utah households' worth of water to fill
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Volition project would utilize an existing distribution center about 28 acres in size
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Jeff Chavez, Volition CEO, said project would generate about 250 megawatts of power
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Volition is proposing a development agreement holding the company accountable to all statements made about the project
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· waiting on permits (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Volition aims to redevelop the former Fingerhut warehouse site at 4000 E. U.S. 6 into a self powered AI data center
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· proposed (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Volition proposed redevelopment of former Fingerhut warehouse site at 4000 E. U.S. 6 in Spanish Fork for self powered AI data center
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The Planning Commission recommended the ordinance be modified to limit the amount of power generated and the number of data centers allowed
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The city's Development Review Committee recommended the ordinance amendment be approved
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Volition, a Provo based company, applied for an ordinance amendment to change Title 15 of the Spanish Fork Municipal Code to allow Data Centers and Onsite Power Generation Facilities in light industrial zones
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Volition proposes generating its own power using natural gas rather than connecting to Spanish Fork's electrical grid
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The proposed data center would be located at the old Fingerhut warehouse at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon
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· proposed (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Volition proposes converting an existing 28 acre distribution center into a data center
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· waiting on permits (content date)
After a public hearing of more than six hours, Spanish Fork City Council tabled the Title 15 amendments the project depends on until September 1.
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Volition will use localized solid oxide fuel cells generating power from natural gas without connecting to the grid
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Volition proposes repurposing the Western Distribution Center, a 1.05 million square foot facility on about 70 acres
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Volition Industries held a public open house on the proposal at the Spanish Fork Library.
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Non ultra low emission technologies such as diesel generators are explicitly excluded under the proposed definition
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Data centers without their own on site power generation facilities will not be allowed inside Spanish Fork City under this proposal
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Volition Industries presented a self powered data center at the former Fingerhut warehouse to the Spanish Fork City Council in a work session.
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· proposed (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
A dedicated natural gas power plant will power the facility without connecting to the public power grid
The full Volition Industries Spanish Fork timeline, in order
110 corrections to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the summary of a projects row
The summary said the Title 15 amendments were pending; FOX 13 reports the council approved them on September 21, 2026 and that Volition said it would move the project to Stockman Flats (https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-county/spanish-fork-citizens-file-referendum-on-data-center-amendment-county-works-on-ordinance-to-bring-protections). Corrected on the editor's word, October 15, 2026. The old and new text.
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The entry is about the Antelope Data Center, a separate proposal 20 miles west of Cedar City in Iron County, named in the same video; it is not Volition's project in Spanish Fork. Held off the record on the editor's word, October 15, 2026. The old and new text.
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The same speaker's position on this claim changed from an earlier statement (the record's rules, October 10, 2026): both stand with their dates. The old and new text.
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Cites the later report of the same claim by the same speaker (said again on September 1, 2026; the record's rules, October 10, 2026). The old and new text.
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Cites the later report of the same claim by the same speaker (said again on August 21, 2026; the record's rules, October 10, 2026). The old and new text.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Spanish Fork Mayor Mike Mendenhall said the council has listened to people's concerns, including the amount of water a data center requires.
Jeff Chavez, CEO of Volition, said the company's closed loop cooling system uses about the amount of water equivalent to one or two Utah households.
Every statement about data centers in Utah, by speaker
56 more on this page, one per speaker and claim; 64 statements in all
Volition executives stated they would not be drawing off the local power grid or emitting excess heat, noise, and air pollution
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: FOX 13 News Utah (opens in a new tab).
Volition would create high paying jobs and generate millions in local tax revenue
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Mayor Mike Mendenhall said on social media he thought the Volition proposal could be good for the city
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL News (opens in a new tab).
Volition claims its data center would use natural gas powered fuel cells producing substantially lower emissions and heat and requiring significantly less water than traditional data centers
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL News (opens in a new tab).
CEO Jeff Chavez previously sought to build a 30 to-40 megawatt fuel cell powered data center in nearby Provo before pivoting to Spanish Fork
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Hoodline (opens in a new tab).
Residents opposed the proposal, with Tom Thomas stating residents deserve more than unsubstantiated promises and citing data centers' documented track record of water contamination, air pollution, and noise pollution
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL News (opens in a new tab).
Mayor Mike Mendenhall publicly backed Volition Industries' $1 billion data center proposal for the former Fingerhut warehouse site
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Hoodline (opens in a new tab).
Author Allyson Flake Matsoso expresses concerns about data centers changing small town America, citing impacts like noise, traffic, heat and light pollution
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Deseret News (opens in a new tab).
Mona City government said they had not received any formal data center application or development requests and have not made a commitment of water, sewer, or electricity for this data center
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Deseret News (opens in a new tab).
West Jordan Mayor Dirk Burton argued that data centers help keep taxes low for residents and provide needed services
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Deseret News (opens in a new tab).
Called the Volition proposal an opportunity for the city and said it warrants moving forward to see if a private business can deliver on what it proposes, with guard rails in place.
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Setting: Facebook post.
Primary source: KSL (opens in a new tab).
Spanish Fork resident voiced concern about proper hard lined bylaws to ensure company cannot override community protections if acquired by larger corporation
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Daily Herald (via Google News) (opens in a new tab).
Volition CEO said their closed loop cooling system would only need about two Utah households' worth of water to fill
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: FOX 13 News Utah (opens in a new tab).
Also reported by: ksl.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet .
City Community Development Director Dave Anderson stated the city has done more vetting on this amendment than on anything else
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL.com (opens in a new tab).
Teresa Pierce, resident near Fingerhut distribution center, expressed concern about noise, emissions impact
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: FOX 13 News Utah (opens in a new tab).
Volition CEO Jeff Chavez stated the company generates their own power using natural gas powered fuel cells that do not connect to the existing power grid
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL.com (opens in a new tab).
Also reported by: The Salt Lake Tribune (opens in a new tab) local outlet .
Said again: August 21, 2026 ( The Salt Lake Tribune (opens in a new tab) local outlet ), September 1, 2026 ( KSL News (opens in a new tab) local outlet ).
Volition CEO Jeff Chavez said the proposed facility would use two households' worth of water to fill when first starting operations, then only one household's worth annually
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL News (opens in a new tab).
Councilman Shane Marshall emphasized that getting guardrails right is important
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL.com (opens in a new tab).
Volition proposed to contribute at least $500,000 annually to a community fund for addiction recovery, food security and housing support
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL News (opens in a new tab).
Councilman Kevin Oyler stated he takes the issue seriously and is doing his homework despite having many questions
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL.com (opens in a new tab).
Volition said cooling systems are located indoors to mitigate noise impacts
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL News (opens in a new tab).
Property owner John Bankhead stated he has received many offers for the warehouse site and considers Volition a better option than a distribution center that would increase truck traffic
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL.com (opens in a new tab).
Volition CEO Jeff Chavez said their data center project would generate about 250 megawatts of power and use an existing distribution center of about 28 acres
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: FOX 13 News Utah (opens in a new tab).
Volition plans to create a community fund contributing at least $500,000 per year for addiction recovery, food security, housing support and other community needs
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: KSL.com (opens in a new tab).
Residents noted that the proposed data center location is in the heart of the town, not on the outskirts
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
Residents expressed concerns over noise pollution, water resource impacts, location over a fault line, and whether the facility would be a test site
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
Jeff Chavez, Volition CEO, stated data center developers should reuse existing infrastructure instead of buying thousands of acres
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
A resident stated that neighborhoods are not interested in being a test site for Volition's unproven technology
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
Volition's plan includes no diesel generation, a dry cooled system, and a noise limit
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
Teresa Pierce, Spanish Fork resident, expressed concern that data centers should not be built in residential backyards regardless of need
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Residents expressed concerns that Volition has not provided sufficient data or evidence to support claims of minimal community impact
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
Facility would generate its own power with natural gas fuel cells, never connect to the grid, use closed loop cooling with a one time 500,000 gal fill and 250,000 gal per year, and request no tax breaks.
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Setting: Spanish Fork City Council public hearing.
Primary source: Daily Herald (opens in a new tab).
A resident raised concerns that the data center location is over a fault line and questioned earthquake safety
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
Jack Urquhart, Spanish Fork communications manager, explained the municipal code amendment is needed because the developer proposes generating its own power
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Resident Sarah Stevenson pleaded with the council to listen to residents' concerns, not just hear them
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
Volition officials stated their data center will not strain local resources due to being self powered, will be in an existing building, and will have reduced emissions and increased property tax revenue
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
Volition officials stated their data center will not strain local resources due to being self powered, will have no diesel generation, is dry cooled, and has noise limits
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
A resident stated that data centers have promised minimal water use then sued for more water access
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab).
Volition's data centers produce zero draw on Spanish Fork's municipal power grid and use no local utility power
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
The fuel cell technology generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction with no combustion, flame, or fumes
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Computer chips transform electricity into heat, creating a large thermal output that should be regulated as heavy industrial use
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Volition is not requesting any additional water rights from the city
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Volition will include enforceable covenants in the development agreement covering water caps, noise limits, no grid connection, and no diesel
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
The proposed data center facility is a good reuse of the existing building and resolves water and heat concerns
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Volition commits to providing more than 500,000 dollars per year in direct community contributions and educational partnerships
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Transparency from the developer and rigorous questioning by the planning commission changed resident sentiment toward supporting the project
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Data centers pose environmental and fire concerns and benefit wealthy entities at the expense of local residents
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Converting the existing industrial building to a data center reduces traffic from 3,500 trucks per month to 100-200 employee car trips per day with zero heavy truck traffic
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Enforceable contractual guardrails and community benefit agreements are necessary to protect clean air and water for future data center projects
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Volition received a New Minor Source air quality permit approval from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Volition Industries proposes a data center inside Spanish Fork City powered entirely on site without connection to the city electric grid
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
The proposed 250 megawatt facility would produce more than double the peak power draw of the entire city of Spanish Fork
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Jesse Harrison, local IT expert, stated that many data center promises get broken repeatedly based on historical patterns
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Traditional data centers require massive grid power and two to four years of utility infrastructure upgrades
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
Volition facilities deploy in six to nine months using on site fuel cell electricity generation
Context & source notes
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: YouTube (opens in a new tab).
The site
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- Where
- Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
- How exactly it is located
- Exact, on the parcel
- The parcel
- 672280003, 4000 E HWY 6
- Nearest homes
- 0.27 mi (434 m) to a Census block with 14 housing units
- Nearest records
- Ace Data Center, 9.4 mi
- Voonami Orem Data Center (SLC1), 18 mi
- Flexential Salt Lake City Lindon (SLC03), 19 mi
- Meta Eagle Mountain Data Center, 27 mi
- QTS Eagle Mountain, 28 mi
Parcel outline from the county parcel record as published through services1.arcgis.com (opens in a new tab), retrieved September 5, 2026. The distance to homes is the shortest line from the record's coordinates to the boundary of the nearest 2020 Census block with at least one housing unit, computed September 5, 2026; how it is computed.
Comparisons
3 metrics with more than one figure
Capacity at full buildout
2 figures, 4 sources250 MW Developer's figure
250 MW Reported
Daily Herald (via Google News), Aug 19, 2026; KSL News, Aug 31, 2026; FOX 13 News Utah, Sep 1, 2026
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- 250 MW, Daily Herald (via Google News): Volition proposed data center would generate approximately 250 megawatts using onsite power generation
- 250 MW, KSL News: The proposed Volition data center would generate between 250 and 400 megawatts of its own power using natural gas
- 250 MW, FOX 13 News Utah: The proposed Volition project would be a billion dollar, self powered data center that would generate between 250 and 400 megawatts of its own power using natural gas
Water a year
2 figures, 2 sources250,000 gallons a year Developer's figure
250,000 gal/yr Company
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- 250,000 gal/yr, Daily Herald, Cougar Chronicle: water use, proposed closed loop site
Tax each year
3 figures, 3 sources$40,000,000 to $44,000,000 Developer's figure
Spanish Fork City via Utah Public Notice Website, Apr 20, 2026
4,000,000,000 USD Reported
44,000,000 USD Reported
Show each source's words
- 4,000,000,000 USD, Daily Herald (via Google News): Volition CEO Jeff Chavez claimed the facility would have on site value over $4 billion and generate at least $40 million in annual tax revenue
- 44,000,000 USD, KSL News: Volition said the facility would generate around $44 million in tax revenue for the city, school district and taxing entities
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The county Utah County 6 projects on the record. The state Data centers in Utah Every Utah project, the rules on the record and what comes next. Nearest proposal QTS Eagle Mountain Eagle Mountain, Utah County, 28 mi away · Being built
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Questions about this project
7 questions answered from the record
How big is Volition Industries Spanish Fork?
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The record has one measure of its size: 250 MW (the developer's figure, spanishfork.gov (opens in a new tab)). Its acreage is not disclosed.
Who is building Volition Industries Spanish Fork?
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Volition is the developer, spanishfork.gov (opens in a new tab). No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
Who will use Volition Industries Spanish Fork?
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No tenant is named, and its stated use is AI, type not stated. No promise to the community is on the record.
How much power and water does Volition Industries Spanish Fork say it needs?
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Power: 250 MW (the developer's figure, spanishfork.gov (opens in a new tab)). Water: 250,000 gallons a year (the developer's figure, spanishfork.gov (opens in a new tab)).
Where does Volition Industries Spanish Fork stand today?
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It is proposed, as reported September 2, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 2, 2026: The proposed Volition data center would be a billion dollar, self powered facility generating between 250 and 400 megawatts of its own power using natural gas [9].
What has Spanish Fork or Utah County decided about it?
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Utah County: The Utah County Commission voted to approve a land use ordinance for data centers without taking public comment on Oct. 20, 2026, universe.byu.edu (opens in a new tab); and Utah County: Utah County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of Application #2026-09 proposing amendments to UCLUO Sections 8.132, 2.08, 10.04, 12.28, 12.40, and 12.72 establishing a Data Center Overlay (DCO) Zone in Mining and Grazing (M&G-1) and Industrial (I-2) zones, advancing to the Board of County Commissioners for final adoption (October 20, 2026, codev.utahcounty.gov (opens in a new tab)). 20 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
What is still unknown about Volition Industries Spanish Fork?
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Not disclosed by any source on file: how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, who is constructing it, how much land, buildings, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.
Sources
Primary documents
- Adopted minutes, City Council meeting, April 21, 2026 (opens in a new tab), Spanish Fork City via Utah Public Notice Website, April 21, 2026
- Utah County zoning map (opens in a new tab), Utah County Community Development, September 5, 2026
Reporting
- Utah AGRC Parcels_Utah FeatureServer: Utah County Parcel 672280003 (322.29 acres, owner JPC UT LLC, S 1/2 Sec 34 T8S R3E SLB&M) (opens in a new tab), Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) / Utah County Recorder, October 16, 2026, query feed
- Spanish Fork residents weigh in on proposed Volition AI data center (opens in a new tab), The Cougar Chronicle, August 17, 2026, news outlet
- Residents voice concerns over proposed data center regulations in Spanish Fork (opens in a new tab), KSL, August 19, 2026, local outlet
- Spanish Fork City Council delays vote for amendments that could pave way for data center (opens in a new tab), Daily Herald, August 20, 2026, local outlet
- Spanish Fork leaders consider data center proposal amid community concerns (opens in a new tab), Fox 13, August 19, 2026, local outlet
- Spanish Fork residents frustrated after mayor voices approval of data center proposal (opens in a new tab), KSL, August 31, 2026, local outlet
- Data center company ponders moving on after Spanish Fork leaders delay Title 15 vote (opens in a new tab), Fox 13, September 1, 2026, local outlet
- Will a data center join the wind turbines at Spanish Fork Canyon? The city just cleared a path. - The Salt Lake Tribune (opens in a new tab), The Salt Lake Tribune, September 24, 2026, local outlet
- The size of 20 Costcos: Can Utah residents drive a data center out of their backyard? (opens in a new tab), KSL, September 13, 2026, local outlet
- As other local governments pass data center bans, this Utah city is considering changing code to bring one in - The Salt Lake Tribune (opens in a new tab), The Salt Lake Tribune, August 21, 2026, local outlet
- Spanish Fork Mayor Backs $1B Data Center, Residents Cry Foul (opens in a new tab), Hoodline, September 1, 2026, national outlet
- In this Utah neighborhood, residents say a nearby data center is making a constant humming noise (opens in a new tab), The Salt Lake Tribune, October 21, 2026, local outlet
5 more sources
- ‘Not interested in being a test site’: Residents oppose potential data center in Spanish Fork - ABC4 Utah (opens in a new tab), ABC4 Utah, August 18, 2026, local outlet
- Proposed Spanish Fork data center draws concerns from residents (opens in a new tab), YouTube, video
- Volition Title 15 Amendment - Planning Commission | August 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab), YouTube, video
- Spanish Fork leaders consider data center proposal amid community concerns (opens in a new tab), YouTube, video
- Is Iron County ready for massive AI data center? Residents don't think so (opens in a new tab), YouTube, video
19 sources on file.
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For researchers
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- reviewed in depth
- Tags
- Reviewed in depth
- Coordinates
- 40.077375, -111.589416
- How the location is known
- Location from the county parcel record.
- Location source
- Utah County parcel 672280003 (322.29 acres, owner JPC UT LLC, S 1/2 Sec 34 T8S R3E SLB&M), where Spanish Fork City Press Release (Jan 16, 2026) places the project in its site map, queried from Utah AGRC Parcels_Utah FeatureServer (https://services1.arcgis.com/99lidPhWCzftIe9K/arcgis/rest/services/Parcels_Utah/FeatureServer/0/query?where=PARCEL_ID%3D%27672280003%27&outFields=*&returnCentroid=true&outSR=4326&f=json).
- Coordinate source
- utah agrc parcels_utah parcel centroid (parcel 672280003)
- Location source number
- [3]
- Location last verified
- October 23, 2026
- Uses
- AI, type not stated
- How capacity was disclosed
- the developer's figure
- How water was disclosed
- the developer's figure
- Capacity, if disclosed
- 250 MW, the developer's figure
- Rating of the county's rows
- Case by case
- Published
- September 4, 2026
- Last verified
- October 23, 2026
- Undisclosed in public filings
- EPA registry id, Tenancy, Cooling, How acreage was disclosed, Interconnection