executive director of the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah
Lexi Tuddenham said 'We have a right to know as citizens what is going on, not just with our state lands, but also with our federal lands.'
Data centers in Carbon County, Utah
Carbon County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No county or city rule about data centers is on the record for Carbon County yet.
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The data center in Carbon County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Project Beehive
Price, Carbon County · Valar Atomics
Latest, reported September 30, 2026: Valar Atomics filed an initial application with the Bureau of Land Management to use about 9,000 acres of public land near Price for an industrial campus that could include a gas cooled nuclear reactor, a data center and manufacturing, the bureau's Utah office confirmed. ksl.com local outlet
- Land
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- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
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- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Carbon County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Carbon County on the record (1)
| City | Projects |
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| Price | 1 |
What happened
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· Project Beehive
Now waiting on permits: Valar Atomics filed an initial application with the Bureau of Land Management to use about 9,000 acres of public land near Price for an industrial campus that could include a gas cooled nuclear reactor, a data center and manufacturing, the bureau's Utah office confirmed. ksl.com local outlet
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· Project Beehive
Now proposed: Utah's Trust Lands Administration board heard Valar Atomics' proposed lease of state trust land north of Wellington as a discussion item, with public comment in favor from all three Carbon County commissioners and the deputy director of the Utah Office of Energy Development. utah.gov primary source
What was said
Valar Atomics said 'No construction begins before permits and approvals,' and that it is committed to public engagement on the project.
Lexi Tuddenham said the project raises larger questions about federal land, and that nuclear waste storage, nuclear development and data centers on public land would have 'tremendous implications for how public lands are used.'
Tony Martines said nuclear power fits the long range plans of Carbon County, an energy producing community, adding 'We have the workforce. We have the space. We have all the infrastructure.'
Every Utah statement, by speaker
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wildlands director at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Neal Clark said 'It's concerning to see that the Trump administration, with the support of the state of Utah, is pushing this forward on significant acreage of public lands.'
Carbon County resident and unaffiliated candidate for the county commission
Cheryl Lupo said 'People are up in arms' over the data centers planned in Carbon County, because, she said, residents are not being heard.
Larry Jensen said 'the Carbon County commissioners are committed to allowing these things to move forward,' even with pushback from some residents, and that the silent majority is who the commissioners represent.
head of commercial development at Valar Atomics
Cory Gardner said 'America stands no chance against our adversaries without energy abundance,' and that Valar Atomics believes it should start in Utah.
chair of the Trust Lands Administration board
Mike Nelson said of the Valar Atomics lease, 'We weren't always sure what to ask about,' because the deal was a first for the board.
Larry Jensen, speaking for the three Carbon County commissioners, told the Trust Lands Administration board that the Valar Atomics project is critical to rebuilding the county's industrial valuation and easing the property tax burden that shifted onto residents as local coal production collapsed, as the board's minutes record it.
deputy director of the Utah Office of Energy Development
Jake Garfield told the Trust Lands Administration board that Valar Atomics has been a strong partner as a tenant at the San Rafael Energy Lab, and that small modular reactors offer a path for data centers to grow without adding air emissions or heavy water use, as the board's minutes record it.
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
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| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
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| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Carbon County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Carbon County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Carbon County, Utah", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ut/carbon-county, updated October 2, 2026.
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Carbon County, Utah", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ut/carbon-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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