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  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0. Link to the specific record page where possible.",
  "source": "https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/volition-spanish-fork-ut",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-09-05T05:58:47.769Z",
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      "slug": "volition-spanish-fork-ut",
      "name": "Volition Industries Spanish Fork",
      "summary": "Volition Industries proposes to convert the former Fingerhut warehouse at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon into a self powered data center running on natural gas fuel cells, pending Spanish Fork City Council amendments to Title 15.",
      "state": "UT",
      "city": "Spanish Fork",
      "county": "Utah County",
      "status": "proposed",
      "developer": "Volition Industries",
      "capacity_mw": 250,
      "latitude": 40.077375,
      "longitude": -111.589416,
      "location_precision": "parcel",
      "location_source": "Utah County parcel 672280003, 4000 E HWY 6, Spanish Fork, UT 84660, owner WDC Industrial Utah Owner LP (the Western Distribution Center the Cougar Chronicle names as the site), parcel centroid. Utah Geospatial Resource Center statewide parcels, Parcels_Utah layer, county data current to 2026-08-12. 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 . The U.S. Census Bureau geocoder returned no match for the address on 2026-09-04.",
      "location_verified_at": "2026-09-04",
      "published": "2026-09-04",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-05",
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          "title": "Adopted minutes, City Council meeting, April 21, 2026",
          "url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1430163.pdf",
          "publisher": "Spanish Fork City via Utah Public Notice Website",
          "date": "2026-04-21",
          "source_tier": 2
        },
        {
          "title": "Spanish Fork residents weigh in on proposed Volition AI data center",
          "url": "https://thecougarchronicle.com/spanish-fork-volition-ai-data-center",
          "publisher": "The Cougar Chronicle",
          "date": "2026-08-17",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Residents voice concerns over proposed data center regulations in Spanish Fork",
          "url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51611520/residents-voice-concerns-over-proposed-data-center-regulations-in-spanish-fork",
          "publisher": "KSL",
          "date": "2026-08-19",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Spanish Fork City Council delays vote for amendments that could pave way for data center",
          "url": "https://www.heraldextra.com/news/2026/aug/20/data-center-discussion-spanish-fork-city-council-delays-vote-for-amendments-that-could-pave-way-for-data-center/",
          "publisher": "Daily Herald",
          "date": "2026-08-20",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Spanish Fork leaders consider data center proposal amid community concerns",
          "url": "https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/spanish-fork-leaders-consider-data-center-proposal-amid-community-concerns",
          "publisher": "Fox 13",
          "date": "2026-08-19",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Spanish Fork residents frustrated after mayor voices approval of data center proposal",
          "url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51618421/spanish-fork-residents-frustrated-after-mayor-voices-approval-of-data-center-proposal",
          "publisher": "KSL",
          "date": "2026-08-31",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Data center company ponders moving on after Spanish Fork leaders delay Title 15 vote",
          "url": "https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/central-utah/data-center-company-ponders-moving-on-after-spanish-fork-leaders-delay-title-15-vote",
          "publisher": "Fox 13",
          "date": "2026-09-01",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Utah County zoning map",
          "url": "https://maps.utahcounty.gov/CommDev/Zoning/Zoning.html",
          "publisher": "Utah County Community Development",
          "date": "2026-09-05",
          "source_tier": 2
        }
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          "share_percent": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51611520/residents-voice-concerns-over-proposed-data-center-regulations-in-spanish-fork"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-01",
          "summary": "The project is proposed under the status rule adopted 2026-09-05: it is waiting on the Title 15 text amendment before it can apply, and no application in its name is on file. On September 1 the City Council delayed the Title 15 vote a second time and Volition Industries said it may take the project to another community.",
          "source_url": "https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/central-utah/data-center-company-ponders-moving-on-after-spanish-fork-leaders-delay-title-15-vote",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-01",
          "summary": "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.",
          "source_url": "https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/central-utah/data-center-company-ponders-moving-on-after-spanish-fork-leaders-delay-title-15-vote",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-25",
          "summary": "Mayor Mike Mendenhall posted on Facebook that he supports the proposal, citing the tax revenue and jobs the company has described.",
          "source_url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51618421/spanish-fork-residents-frustrated-after-mayor-voices-approval-of-data-center-proposal",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-18",
          "summary": "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.",
          "source_url": "https://www.heraldextra.com/news/2026/aug/20/data-center-discussion-spanish-fork-city-council-delays-vote-for-amendments-that-could-pave-way-for-data-center/",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-14",
          "summary": "Volition Industries held a public open house on the proposal at the Spanish Fork Library.",
          "source_url": "https://thecougarchronicle.com/spanish-fork-volition-ai-data-center",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-04-21",
          "summary": "Volition Industries presented a self powered data center at the former Fingerhut warehouse to the Spanish Fork City Council in a work session.",
          "source_url": "https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/1430163.pdf",
          "source_tier": 2
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}