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Millard County could host what is being billed as the largest data center campus in the world and see as much as $40 billion in new economic activity if one Utah company’s plans come to fruition.
The Millard County Commission recently approved a zoning change on nearly 1,200 acres of property just outside of Delta for a 20-million-square-foot data center development.
The new heavy industrial zoning designation will allow a key component of the project — a large, new natural gas-fired power plant — to be built.
Orem-based enterprise Fibernet MercuryDelta, LLC, says the gas plant would be used to power 20 million square feet of data center space, representing a 4,000 megawatt project upon completion. It says it would be the “largest clean energy-powered data center campus in the world.”
(Fibernet Mercury Delta) In a zoning change proposal submitted to Millard County, the map shows the proposed outline of a data center in relation to the adjacent city of Delta.
It would be leased to tech companies or government agencies for a variety of purposes, including artificial intelligence.
Even just one of the proposed buildings could more than double the county’s entire tax base overnight. At full build out, the development could include multiple data centers delivering a $40 billion economic impact to the area, including as much as $500 million in annual tax revenue, according to the company.
Read more at millardccp.com.
(Fibernet Mercury Delta) In a zoning change proposal submitted to Millard County, the map shows the proposed outline of a data center near the city of Delta.
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