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          "title": "The size of 20 Costcos: Can Utah residents drive a data center out of their backyard?",
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          "title": "As other local governments pass data center bans, this Utah city is considering changing code to bring one in - The Salt Lake Tribune",
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          "title": "Is Iron County ready for massive AI data center? Residents don't think so",
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          "summary": "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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          "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",
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          "summary": "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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          "summary": "Volition proposes a data center at the former Fingerhut warehouse at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon",
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          "summary": "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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          "summary": "The motion to vote on revisions to the Title 15 municipal amendments was tabled until Sept. 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/",
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          "summary": "Volition proposes a 250 MW data center using onsite power generation in an existing warehouse at Spanish Fork Canyon mouth",
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          "source_date": "2026-08-19",
          "summary": "Volition is proposing a development agreement holding the company accountable to all statements made about the project",
          "source_url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51611520/residents-voice-concerns-over-proposed-data-center-regulations-in-spanish-fork",
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          "summary": "Council meeting to revisit data center resolution at September 1 meeting",
          "source_url": "https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/spanish-fork-leaders-consider-data-center-proposal-amid-community-concerns",
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          "summary": "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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          "source_date": "2026-08-19",
          "summary": "Jeff Chavez, Volition CEO, said project would generate about 250 megawatts of power",
          "source_url": "https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/spanish-fork-leaders-consider-data-center-proposal-amid-community-concerns",
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          "summary": "Volition proposed redevelopment of former Fingerhut warehouse site at 4000 E. U.S. 6 in Spanish Fork for self powered AI data center",
          "source_url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51611520/residents-voice-concerns-over-proposed-data-center-regulations-in-spanish-fork",
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          "source_date": "2026-08-19",
          "summary": "Volition project would utilize an existing distribution center about 28 acres in size",
          "source_url": "https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/spanish-fork-leaders-consider-data-center-proposal-amid-community-concerns",
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        },
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          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-19",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-19",
          "summary": "Volition's closed loop cooling system would need about two Utah households' worth of water to fill",
          "source_url": "https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/spanish-fork-leaders-consider-data-center-proposal-amid-community-concerns",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-18",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-18",
          "summary": "Volition proposes converting an existing 28 acre distribution center into a data center",
          "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX2HBPtAvvA",
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        },
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          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-18",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-18",
          "summary": "The city's Development Review Committee recommended the ordinance amendment be approved",
          "source_url": "https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/not-interested-in-being-a-test-site-residents-oppose-potential-data-center-in-spanish-fork/",
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          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-18",
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          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-18",
          "summary": "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",
          "source_url": "https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/not-interested-in-being-a-test-site-residents-oppose-potential-data-center-in-spanish-fork/",
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        },
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          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-18",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "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
        },
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          "effective_at": "2026-08-18",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-18",
          "summary": "Volition proposes generating its own power using natural gas rather than connecting to Spanish Fork's electrical grid",
          "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64tmSZX1Gxg",
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          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-18",
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          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-18",
          "summary": "The proposed data center would be located at the old Fingerhut warehouse at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon",
          "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64tmSZX1Gxg",
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        },
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          "effective_at": "2026-08-18",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-18",
          "summary": "The Planning Commission recommended the ordinance be modified to limit the amount of power generated and the number of data centers allowed",
          "source_url": "https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/not-interested-in-being-a-test-site-residents-oppose-potential-data-center-in-spanish-fork/",
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          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-17",
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          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-17",
          "summary": "Volition proposes repurposing the Western Distribution Center, a 1.05 million square foot facility on about 70 acres",
          "source_url": "https://thecougarchronicle.com/spanish-fork-volition-ai-data-center",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-17",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-17",
          "summary": "Volition will use localized solid oxide fuel cells generating power from natural gas without connecting to the grid",
          "source_url": "https://thecougarchronicle.com/spanish-fork-volition-ai-data-center",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-14",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "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
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          "status": "proposed",
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          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-06",
          "summary": "Non ultra low emission technologies such as diesel generators are explicitly excluded under the proposed definition",
          "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9biQV4k2ig",
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          "status": "proposed",
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          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-06",
          "summary": "Data centers without their own on site power generation facilities will not be allowed inside Spanish Fork City under this proposal",
          "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9biQV4k2ig",
          "source_tier": 5
        },
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-04-21",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "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
        },
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          "status": "proposed",
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          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-03-11",
          "summary": "A dedicated natural gas power plant will power the facility without connecting to the public power grid",
          "source_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEitXWunm7M",
          "source_tier": 5
        }
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