Ben Hart
Utah Inland Port Authority will not move forward with data centers until Tooele County has proper permitting, regulatory, and zoning process in place
Data centers in Tooele County, Utah
Tooele County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Tooele County limits new data centers. The latest decision on the record: Tooele County Council agreed to pause ordinance 2024-11 governing land use and regulation for data centers at the request of citizens, September 4, 2026.
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The data center in Tooele County
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Tooele Valley Data Center
Tooele County · Utah Inland Port Authority
Latest, reported September 4, 2026: The Utah Inland Port Authority board created the project area near Burmester Road and I-80 in 2023 youtube.com video
- Land
- 40,000 acresthird party estimate
- Power
- 500 MWthird party estimate
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Tooele County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Tooele County has decided
1 body, 7 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Tooele Countycounty
Tooele County Council agreed to pause ordinance 2024-11 governing land use and regulation for data centers at the request of citizens, reported September 4, 2026.
7 acts on this row
- moratorium
Tooele County Council agreed to pause ordinance 2024-11 governing land use and regulation for data centers at the request of citizens
- event
The group TooeleCARES delivered a letter signed by more than 1,100 Utahns calling on the Utah Inland Port Authority to decline to authorize bonds or public financing for the Interstate Technology Park Public Infrastructure District
- event
A letter signed by more than 1000 Tooele residents was presented at the state capitol requesting the port authority stop a data center from being built near the Great Salt Lake.
- hearing
Tooele County planning commission held meeting on new zoning rules for data centers
- statement
Residents protested a project area and ordinance during a public hearing in Tooele County that could allow for a data center to be built
- event
Hundreds of residents gathered in person and online to oppose the proposed Tooele data center project
- event
One person was escorted out of a Tooele public meeting by law enforcement after the discussion got heated
- moratorium
What happened
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· Tooele County
Moratorium: Tooele County Council agreed to pause ordinance 2024-11 governing land use and regulation for data centers at the request of citizens youtube.com video
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· Tooele County
Scorecard event: The group TooeleCARES delivered a letter signed by more than 1,100 Utahns calling on the Utah Inland Port Authority to decline to authorize bonds or public financing for the Interstate Technology Park Public Infrastructure District utahnewsdispatch.com local outlet
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· Tooele County
Scorecard event: A letter signed by more than 1000 Tooele residents was presented at the state capitol requesting the port authority stop a data center from being built near the Great Salt Lake. youtube.com video
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· Tooele County
Hearing: Tooele County planning commission held meeting on new zoning rules for data centers kutv.com local outlet
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· Tooele County
Statement: Residents protested a project area and ordinance during a public hearing in Tooele County that could allow for a data center to be built yahoo.com national outlet
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· Tooele County
Scorecard event: Hundreds of residents gathered in person and online to oppose the proposed Tooele data center project youtube.com video
What was said
Tooele residents are concerned about water supply impacts from a data center near the local aquifer
Rep. Paul Cutler said artificial intelligence has changed data center size, impact and policy questions, and that lawmakers need to think about things differently.
Macrina Wilkins of Associated General Contractors of America said data center construction jobs might max at 10,000 but broader economic models include indirect and induced effects
Every Utah statement, by speaker
16 more statements on this page
Ben Hart
Utah Inland Port Authority stated they are not offering tax incentives for data centers and have no official plans for them in project areas
unnamed news anchor, paraphrasing state officials
Tooele County is not ready for the data center, according to state officials.
Tooele residents expressed concerns that tax dollars should not subsidize data center development that they believe harms the community.
Utah officials and investors at Beehive Energy Alliance
Workforce shortages, not funding or ideas, may be the real constraint on energy project delivery in Utah
Tooele County residents voiced opposition to a potential data center, urging decision makers to do the right thing.
BYU civil engineering professor
Sowby said the approval process for data centers depends largely on whether a project is proposed within city limits, outside incorporated areas, or involving state and federal agencies.
BYU civil engineering professor Robert Sowby stated there is no single person or agency responsible for approving a large scale data center.
unnamed resident
It is much easier to prevent data centers from being built than to hold them accountable later.
unnamed resident
There are deep concerns about water usage with data center projects.
Ben Hart
Utah Inland Port Authority fully supports the Tooele County data center moratorium
Tooele commissioners
The proposed ordinance is about creating rules before a company submits a proposal, not in relation to any specific data center or project
investor
Kevin O'Leary claimed the Stratos Project could generate 10,000 construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs
Kevin O'Leary, developer, stated sustainability is at the heart of proposals regarding air quality, water use, heat and noise pollution
Spencer Cox, Governor of Utah
Governor Cox stated that concerns about water and power use contain incorrect information and the state will not allow centers to take all power or increase utility rates.
Spencer Cox, Governor of Utah
Governor Cox stated the project is built for this use, is right next to a natural gas pipeline so they can build their own energy, and is not next to somebody's house.
Disclosed figures
500 MW power
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 500 MW | 1 | 0 | 1 third party estimate | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | 500 MW | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: 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 Tooele County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Tooele County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Tooele County, Utah", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ut/tooele-county, updated September 25, 2026.
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- Place id
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- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- orange
- Scale word
- Restrictive