DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC5)

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

• Some data center companies are working to be 'good neighbors,' but is it enough?

  KSL News· Jul 10, 2026
• There’s a mysterious Utah agency behind that proposed huge data center. Here’s how MIDA works.

  The Times-Independent· May 6, 2026
• Can you build data centers in a desert without draining the water supply? Utah is finding out.

  grist.org· Jan 21, 2026
• Thirsty data centers would have to report water use under Utah bill

  Utah News Dispatch· Nov 21, 2025
• The 1.5 Million-Square-Foot Utah Data Center Stores Public Data

  Only In Your State· Aug 24, 2024
• Yes, data centers use a lot of water. But a Utah company shows it doesn’t have to be that way.

  The Salt Lake Tribune· Jul 11, 2022

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

No reported violations as of last sync.

The nearest public school, Summit Academy High School in Bluffdale, is 0.3 mi from this site (511 students). 2 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.