Utah Data Center Intelligence

Mapped Utah data center sites, with their power, water and risk

One app for every Utah county: data center sites, power, grid and FEMA risk, with hearing alerts and an API. 22 data center buildings are mapped in 4 of its 29 counties, and businesses pay 10.06¢ per kWh for power, 25% below the US average.

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Where are Utah's data centers?

22 mapped buildings sit in 4 of Utah's 29 counties. Salt Lake County has the most: 13.

Which risks do the counties with data centers face?

Wildfires are the most common risk: 3 of the 4 counties with mapped data centers rate high for them.

Bars: counties with mapped data centers that rate Relatively high or Very high . Tap one to show it on the map.

All 29 counties as a table

What will a Utah site pay for power, and how fast is demand growing?

Business power in Utah costs 10.06¢ per kWh, 25% below the US, and demand grew 24.4% since 2019.

What do businesses pay for power?

10.06¢ per kWh in 2025, 25% below the US average of 13.37¢.

Businesses10th cheapest of 51
Utah
10.06¢
US
13.37¢

How fast is business power demand growing?

Business power use in Utah grew 24.4% since 2019, more than twice the US rate (+10.5%).

What makes Utah's power?

38.1 TWh generated in 2025: coal 47%, natural gas 30%, solar 17%.

Coal47%
Natural gas30%
Solar17%
Wind2.1%
Hydro1.4%
Geothermal1.2%

Under 1% each: other (eia's catch-all), other biomass, petroleum, other gases.

How much new power is proposed?

4,879 MW of new plants are proposed for 2026–2030, about half of today's 10,432 MW: solar 45%, other 32%, pumped storage 20%, geothermal 2%.

Solar2,188 MW
Other (EIA's catch-all)1,576 MW
Pumped storage1,000 MW
Geothermal85 MW
Natural gas30 MW

Which grid would a Utah site join, and what are its water and hazard risks?

No ISO/RTO covers Utah's power sales; wildfires and earthquakes cost it most.

Which grid serves Utah?

Utah has no ISO/RTO : utilities balance their own areas for all of its retail sales.

No ISO/RTOAll

Share of 2025 retail sales, by each utility's balancing authority .

How much water do Utah's power plants use?

Utah's power plants took in 11.4 billion gallons of water in 2024 to cool and returned about 3%; 11.0 billion gallons were used up .

Returned 3.5%Used up 96.5%

Which hazards cost Utah most?

Wildfires and earthquakes are Utah's biggest risks: each rates relatively high against other states .

WildfireRelatively high
EarthquakeRelatively high
Inland floodingRelatively low
Heat waveRelatively low
TornadoRelatively low
DroughtRelatively low

Which AI campuses are being built in Utah, and how big will they be?

Utah has 2 AI campuses on the list; 1 is being built. It, QTS Eagle Mountain, is planned at 304 MW , full size by Jul 2027.

QTS Eagle MountainUtah County
304 MWexpected first online Dec 2026 · full size Jul 2027

Bars: IT power expected at full size . Dates are Epoch AI's own estimates .

Other AI campuses in Utah: Meta Eagle Mountain.

Who uses it, and what do they see first?

Lawyers, brokers, site teams, utilities, insurers and investors each start from their own view of Utah's 29 counties.

Land-use and energy lawyers

Follow counties with data centers, their hearings and FEMA risk.

Salt Lake County13 mapped · risk relatively high
Utah County6 mapped · risk relatively high
Washington County2 mapped · risk relatively moderate

4counties with data centers to follow, each with its planning and zoning agendas

Land and industrial brokers

Rank counties by mapped data center buildings, with the power price behind them.

Salt Lake County13
Utah County6
Washington County2
Uintah County1

13mapped buildings in Salt Lake County, the most in Utah

Site selection teams

Shortlist counties by mapped sites, power and risk on one map.

4of 29 counties have mapped data centers

Utilities and power buyers

Follow prices, demand and the grid behind each site. Bars: business power sales since 2019.

Utah+24.4%
US+10.5%

+24.4%business power sales since 2019, US +10.5%

Insurers and lenders

Bars: how many of the counties with data centers rate high for each hazard.

Wildfire3 of 4
Inland flooding1 of 4
Drought0 of 4
Heat wave0 of 4

3of 4 counties with mapped data centers rate high for at least one

Investors and analysts

Track AI campuses being built, their owners and users. Bars: MW expected at full size.

QTS Eagle Mountain304 MW

304MW planned at 1 AI campus being built

What's inside Utah Data Center Intelligence?

One app for all 29 Utah counties, plus hearing alerts and an API. Every screen below is filled with Utah's real data.

The Intelligence app

Every county's sites, power, water and risk on one screen, with your watchlist.

app.camsahead.com/intelligence/utah

OverviewMapSitesAI campusesProjectsPowerWaterRiskHearingsAlertsAPI

22mapped buildings

2AI campuses

10.06¢business power, per kWh

+6.8%business demand, last 12 months

Watchlist	Mapped	Flood	Heat	Drought
Salt Lake County	13	moderate	moderate	low
Utah County	6	moderate	moderate	moderate
Washington County	2	high	moderate	low
Uintah County	1	Very low	Very low	low

Hearings and filings

Follow counties and cases; get the agenda and the record when a hearing is posted.

Hearings · Utah

Utah · counties you follow Planning, zoning and utility agendas

Salt Lake County13 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
Utah County6 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
Washington County2 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
Uintah County1 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts

Alerts

New projects, stage changes, hearings and data updates for what you follow, by email or in the app.

Alerts · Utah

Power demandBusiness power sales +6.8% on the year before: 15.5 TWhEIA-861M, 2025-09 to 2026-08
Site riskSalt Lake County (13 mapped buildings) rates Relatively high for wildfireFEMA National Risk Index
AI campus being builtQTS Eagle Mountain: 304 MW of IT power expected · first online Dec 2026 · full size Jul 2027Epoch AI

Data API

County, power, risk and project data as JSON for your own tools.

api.camsahead.com

GET /v1/counties/49035

{
  "fips": "49035",
  "name": "Salt Lake County",
  "state": "UT",
  "pop2025": 1220916,
  "pop_change_2020_pct": 3,
  "density_per_sqmi": 1621.7,
  "nri": {
    "risk_rating": "Relatively High",
    "ifld": {
      "rating": "Relatively Moderate",
      "score": 92.9

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    },
    "hwav": {
      "rating": "Relatively Moderate",
      "score": 92.9
    },
    "drgt": {
      "rating": "Relatively Low",
      "score": 44.4
    }
  },
  "grid": {
    "rtos": [],
    "utilities_n": 3
  },
  "state_power": {
    "commercial_cents_kwh": 10.06,
    "us_commercial_cents_kwh": 13.37,
    "as_of": "2025"
  }
}

What does it cost?

Utah Data Center Intelligence is $390 a month for 3 seats.

Utah Data Center Intelligence$390 a month

The Intelligence app: every county's sites, power, water and risk
Alerts on new projects, filings and hearings
Reports as web page, PDF and CSV
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Data APIFrom $999 a month

County, power, risk and project data as JSON
Keys for your own tools and models

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Public bodies$4,680 a year

Counties, cities, utilities and co-ops
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What stays open? The map, the county pages and every data center page stay open to everyone.

Sources and updates

How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.

OpenStreetMap contributors: data center buildings, as of November 6, 2026; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0, free copy on request.
Epoch AI: "AI data centers", CC BY 4.0, retrieved November 7, 2026; changes noted.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-861 (released Oct 2026) and Form EIA-861 2025 detailed data (released Oct 2026): business power prices and sales by state, grid operators and utilities by county; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Forms EIA-923/906/920 (released Sep 2026): power generated by source, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plants proposed for 2026 to 2030; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plant capacity by state, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): thermoelectric cooling water data 2024, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-923 (retrieved Oct 2026): power plant cooling water by state.
FEMA: National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), NRI_Table_Counties and NRI_Table_States: natural hazard ratings by county and expected annual loss by state; retrieved October 31, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
U.S. Census Bureau: US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates (co-est2025-alldata.csv): people by county.

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