AI data center sites in Utah

27 Utah counties scored on transmission, the interconnection queue, power price and tax. Updated October 18, 2026.

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CountyScorePipelinePower price
802.1 GW8.6¢/kWh
66-8.6¢/kWh
64150 MW8.6¢/kWh
621 GW8.6¢/kWh
59441 MW8.6¢/kWh
578 MW8.6¢/kWh
55-8.6¢/kWh
52-8.6¢/kWh
51-8.6¢/kWh
51-8.6¢/kWh
47-8.6¢/kWh
46-8.6¢/kWh
46-8.6¢/kWh
45-8.6¢/kWh
44-8.6¢/kWh
43-8.6¢/kWh
42-8.6¢/kWh
40-8.6¢/kWh
40-8.6¢/kWh
39-8.6¢/kWh
35-8.6¢/kWh
32-8.6¢/kWh
32-8.6¢/kWh
32-8.6¢/kWh
32-8.6¢/kWh
32-8.6¢/kWh
3195 MW8.6¢/kWh

Pipeline: active generation and storage requests in the ISO queue, or EIA planned plants where larger (outside the ISOs). Top kV: highest substation voltage. Power price: the state's industrial average. DCs: GPU colocation, mining sites and AI campuses.

What the data shows

The strongest Utah counties for a large AI load are Millard County (80), Salt Lake County (66) and Utah County (64) on the site score. Utah sits in utility territory; EIA lists 3.8 GW of planned generators there, and it has 28 substations at 345 kV and up.

Industrial power averaged 8.6¢/kWh (EIA, July 2026 YTD), against 8.2¢/kWh a year earlier, the 23rd lowest of the 50 states and DC. Utah has a data center sales and use tax exemption in force. We track 3 AI campuses and 13 GPU-ready colocation facilities here.

Top 6 counties in detail

1. Millard CountyUtility: Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power

Site score 80 of 100

Transmission
23/25
Generation pipeline
13/20
Industrial power price
18/20
Existing and retiring plants
13/15
Sales tax exemption
10/10
Data center activity
4/10
Market
Utility: Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power
Queue (active)
0 MW
Agreement signed
0 MW
Planned plants (EIA)
2.1 GW
Top substation
500 kV
Substations 230 kV+
4
Operating plants
1.2 GW
Retired or retiring
1.6 GW
Industrial power, UT
8.6¢/kWh
Sales tax exemption
Yes

Substations, 115 kV and up

  • INTERMOUNTAIN · 7 lines500 kV
  • INTERMOUNTAIN · 2 lines345 kV
  • MILFORD WIND CORRIDOR I LLC · 1 lines345 kV
  • PAVANT · 3 lines230 kV
  • Unnamed · 4 lines128 kV

Planned, retiring and retired plants

  • Intermountain Power Project · Coal, retired 20251.6 GW
  • Intermountain Pumped Storage Project · Storage, planned 20281 GW
  • Gale 1 Solar · Solar, planned 2030450 MW
  • Notch Peak Solar LLC · Solar, planned 2028324 MW
  • Utah Solar 1 · Solar, planned 2027300 MW

Data centers, AI campuses and mining sites

  • Joule High Performance Compute Campus · AI campus, announced · ENR

Colocation from our GPU colocation list; mining sites from the miner AI conversion tracker.

2. Salt Lake CountyUtility: PacifiCorp East

Site score 66 of 100

Transmission
22/25
Generation pipeline
0/20
Industrial power price
18/20
Existing and retiring plants
7/15
Sales tax exemption
10/10
Data center activity
10/10
Market
Utility: PacifiCorp East
Queue (active)
0 MW
Agreement signed
0 MW
Planned plants (EIA)
0 MW
Top substation
345 kV
Substations 230 kV+
7
Operating plants
1 GW
Retired or retiring
2 MW
Industrial power, UT
8.6¢/kWh
Sales tax exemption
Yes

Substations, 115 kV and up

  • TERMINAL · 21 lines345 kV
  • CAMP WILLIAMS · 16 lines345 kV
  • OQUIRRH · 14 lines345 kV
  • 90TH SOUTH · 13 lines345 kV
  • MIDVALLEY · 9 lines345 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines275 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines275 kV
  • Unnamed · 7 lines138 kV

Data centers, AI campuses and mining sites

  • Novva Data Centers Utah campus · GPU colocation, West Jordan, 175 MW, liquid cooling
  • Aligned Data Centers SLC-01 · GPU colocation, West Jordan, 34 MW
  • Aligned Data Centers SLC-02 · GPU colocation, West Jordan, 48 MW
  • DataBank SLC6 (Granite Point campus) · GPU colocation, Bluffdale, 22 MW, liquid cooling
  • Flexential Salt Lake City - Millcreek · GPU colocation, Salt Lake City, 1.92 MW
  • Aligned Data Centers SLC-04 · GPU colocation, West Valley City, liquid cooling
  • DataBank SLC1 (179 E Social Hall Ave) · GPU colocation, Salt Lake City, 0.5 MW
  • EdgeConneX SLC01 · GPU colocation, West Valley City, 0.5 MW
  • Flexential Salt Lake City - Downtown · GPU colocation, Salt Lake City, 2.65 MW
  • Flexential Salt Lake City - Fair Park · GPU colocation, Salt Lake City, 0.49 MW
  • Flexential Salt Lake City - South Valley · GPU colocation, West Jordan, 1.2 MW

Colocation from our GPU colocation list; mining sites from the miner AI conversion tracker.

3. Utah CountyUtility: PacifiCorp East

Site score 64 of 100

Transmission
16/25
Generation pipeline
5/20
Industrial power price
18/20
Existing and retiring plants
10/15
Sales tax exemption
10/10
Data center activity
6/10
Market
Utility: PacifiCorp East
Queue (active)
0 MW
Agreement signed
0 MW
Planned plants (EIA)
150 MW
Top substation
345 kV
Substations 230 kV+
2
Operating plants
2 GW
Retired or retiring
16 MW
Industrial power, UT
8.6¢/kWh
Sales tax exemption
Yes

Substations, 115 kV and up

  • SPANISH FORK · 15 lines345 kV
  • LAKESIDE 1 · 6 lines345 kV
  • HALE · 11 lines138 kV
  • Unnamed · 7 lines138 kV
  • Unnamed · 5 lines138 kV
  • Unnamed · 5 lines138 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines138 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines138 kV

Planned, retiring and retired plants

  • Faraday Energy Storage · Storage, planned 2026150 MW

Data centers, AI campuses and mining sites

  • QTS Eagle Mountain · AI campus, under construction · Epoch AI
  • Fibernet Orem data center (ORM1) · GPU colocation, Orem, 1 MW
  • QTS Salt Lake City 1 (Eagle Mountain) · GPU colocation, Eagle Mountain

Colocation from our GPU colocation list; mining sites from the miner AI conversion tracker.

4. Iron CountyUtility: PacifiCorp East

Site score 62 of 100

Transmission
18/25
Generation pipeline
10/20
Industrial power price
18/20
Existing and retiring plants
7/15
Sales tax exemption
10/10
Data center activity
0/10
Market
Utility: PacifiCorp East
Queue (active)
0 MW
Agreement signed
0 MW
Planned plants (EIA)
1 GW
Top substation
345 kV
Substations 230 kV+
3
Operating plants
1.1 GW
Retired or retiring
0 MW
Industrial power, UT
8.6¢/kWh
Sales tax exemption
Yes

Substations, 115 kV and up

  • THREE PEAKS · 2 lines345 kV
  • PAROWAN · 4 lines230 kV
  • WEST CEDAR · 4 lines230 kV
  • COLEMAN · 2 lines138 kV
  • Unnamed · 4 lines115 kV

Planned, retiring and retired plants

  • Red Butte Solar and Storage · Solar, planned 2029600 MW
  • Fremont Solar · Storage, planned 2027297 MW
  • Parowan Solar · Storage, planned 2028116 MW

5. Beaver CountyUtility: PacifiCorp East

Site score 59 of 100

Transmission
18/25
Generation pipeline
7/20
Industrial power price
18/20
Existing and retiring plants
6/15
Sales tax exemption
10/10
Data center activity
0/10
Market
Utility: PacifiCorp East
Queue (active)
0 MW
Agreement signed
0 MW
Planned plants (EIA)
441 MW
Top substation
345 kV
Substations 230 kV+
3
Operating plants
831 MW
Retired or retiring
0 MW
Industrial power, UT
8.6¢/kWh
Sales tax exemption
Yes

Substations, 115 kV and up

  • MILDFORD WIND · 3 lines345 kV
  • MILFORD WIND CORRIDOR STAGE II LLC · 1 lines345 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines230 kV
  • CAMERON · 4 lines138 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines138 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines138 kV
  • TUSHAR · 2 lines138 kV
  • SOUTH MILFORD · 2 lines138 kV

Planned, retiring and retired plants

  • Milford Solar Phase II · Solar, planned 2027310 MW
  • Cape Generating Station · Gas, planned 2026129 MW

6. Box Elder CountyUtility: PacifiCorp East

Site score 57 of 100

Transmission
22/25
Generation pipeline
1/20
Industrial power price
18/20
Existing and retiring plants
3/15
Sales tax exemption
10/10
Data center activity
4/10
Market
Utility: PacifiCorp East
Queue (active)
0 MW
Agreement signed
0 MW
Planned plants (EIA)
8 MW
Top substation
345 kV
Substations 230 kV+
6
Operating plants
195 MW
Retired or retiring
0 MW
Industrial power, UT
8.6¢/kWh
Sales tax exemption
Yes

Substations, 115 kV and up

  • BEN LOMOND · 20 lines345 kV
  • Unnamed · 10 lines230 kV
  • BRIGHAM · 6 lines230 kV
  • HONEYVILLE · 4 lines230 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines230 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines230 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines138 kV
  • Unnamed · 3 lines115 kV

Data centers, AI campuses and mining sites

Colocation from our GPU colocation list; mining sites from the miner AI conversion tracker.

Data center tax exemption in Utah

Utah qualifying data center sales and use tax exemption (Utah Code 59-12-104(84))

Machinery, equipment and normal operating repair or replacement parts with an economic life of one year or more, bought or leased by a qualifying data center or its occupant for use in the data center, are exempt; a qualifying data center is a new operation constructed on or after July 1, 2016 with one or more buildings totaling at least 150,000 sq ft, with no statutory investment, job or sunset requirement.

Source: Utah State Legislature, accessed 2026-10-17. General information, not tax advice; ask your tax advisor.

AI data centers being built in Utah

CampusDeveloperCountyMWStatusSource
Stratos (O'Leary Digital)Kevin O'Leary Digital (O'Leary Ventures)Box Elder County9,000announcedChristian Science MonitorJun 5, 2026
Joule High Performance Compute CampusJoule Capital PartnersMillard County-announcedOn-site powerENRAug 2025
QTS Eagle MountainUsers: Meta (reported)QTSUtah County-under constructionEpoch AIOct 2026

How the score works

Six parts out of 100: transmission (25), generation in the queue (20), the state's industrial power price (20), existing and retiring plants (15), sales tax exemption (10) and data center activity (10). The site finder's methodology prints each formula and every source with its date. Markets: Utility territory (no ISO/RTO).

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