Utah's Iron County Data Center Project Approved, Paired with 1.5 GW Natural Gas Power Plant
2026-06-18 18:00
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en.Wedoany.com Reported - A 640-acre data center project in Iron County, Utah, has received approval from local authorities. The Iron County Planning Commission voted to approve the proposal at its June 4 meeting.

Named the Antelope Data Center Campus, the project will include five buildings with a total area of approximately 1.35 million square feet (125,000 square meters). The campus will also feature an on-site natural gas power plant with a generation capacity of up to 1.5 GW at full load. The site is located along Antelope Spring Road, approximately 7.8 miles (12.6 kilometers) west of Iron Spring Road in Cedar City, Utah.

The proposal was submitted by Pronghorn Development LLC. According to Iron County officials, the data center will utilize a closed-loop cooling system and is expected to create approximately 670 direct jobs, covering areas such as IT, power engineering, facility management, security, and administration. Iron County is located in southwestern Utah, bordering Nevada, with Cedar City as its largest city. Currently, data center activity in Utah is primarily concentrated in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area.

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