Tooele Valley data center (Inland Port project area)
Also called: Tooele Valley UIPA project
A 200-acre data center complex with a 500 MW gas plant is planned in a state Inland Port area near the Great Salt Lake. It would send treated salty wastewater toward the lake. The county has not approved it.
Where things stand: No county approval yet. State water-quality permit for wastewater had a hearing July 27, 2026.
🕒 Latest update (Aug 2026): Tooele County planning commission tabled discussion of data center rules.
What we know
- 📍 WhereNear the south shore of the Great Salt Lake, Unincorporated Tooele County, Tooele County
- 🏢 CompanyZenith Development
- 🌳 Size200 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs500 megawatts (about as much as 400,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromA planned 500 MW gas power plant.
- 💧 WaterBrackish groundwater treated on site; about 252,000 gallons a day of salty wastewater would go toward Gilbert Bay
- 💸 Tax breaksUtah Inland Port Authority project area with public financing over $240 million (per news reports).
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Will the state issue the wastewater permit? 🙋 I'll find out
- Will Tooele County approve the data center under its new rules? 🙋 I'll find out
- Which company will use the data center? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- July 27, 2026Utah Division of Water Quality held a hearing on the wastewater discharge permit (UT0026409).
- Aug 2026Tooele County planning commission tabled discussion of data center rules.
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
Tooele County is writing a new chapter of its land use code for data centers (TCLUO 2026-100). On Aug 12, 2026 dozens of residents asked the planning commission for a ban or long pause instead. The commission tabled the rules to add public comments. The county says it will not consider any data center application until the rules pass; they were expected at the planning commission in October and the County Council in November 2026. A data center is part of a Utah Inland Port Authority project area near I-80 exit 88.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Concern about data center impacts on Great Salt Lake grows, now for Tooele project's wastewater · Utah News Dispatch (via Idaho Capital Sun) · July 28, 2026
- Yet another data center planned · The Salt Lake Tribune · July 28, 2026
- Tooele County data center ordinance · Utah Public Radio · Aug 13, 2026
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