Family History Center
Bear Lake County, ID
Source: OpenStreetMap
Family History Center is a mapped data center in Bear Lake County, ID. DataCentersExposed has documented a 4,081 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
source: linkFamily History Center is a mapped data center in Bear Lake County, Idaho, tied to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its reported footprint is 4,081 square feet. The site draws power from Pacificorp within the PACW and PACE balancing authorities.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe 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.
In the news
source: Google News- Data center backlashLAist· Aug 28, 2026
- Cox Ranch data center developers pledge community-oriented approach to projectCap City News· Aug 28, 2026
- Mississippi family says Musk's data-center build-out is forcing them off land farmed for generationsThe Cool Down· Aug 26, 2026
- 'You Can’t Get Food Out of a Data Center': Family Rejects Tech Company's $26 Million Offer for Their FarmGizmodo· Aug 10, 2026
- Kentucky family snubs $26 million offer to convert their farmland into an AI data center — 'they call us old stupid farmers, you know, but we’re not,' says landownerTom's Hardware· Aug 6, 2026
- A company proposing a massive West Plains data center has little history, spurring outcry from concerned residentsThe Spokesman-Review· Aug 5, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No 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.
Water use
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.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Bear Lake Middle School in Montpelier, is 220 ft from this site (289 students). 4 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).
Hearings timeline
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.