Datacenter Sites in Utah
Utah has 2,458 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 51.7/100 DC Readiness. Federal Excess parcels lead the inventory (930 sites). Most sites interconnect through WECC. The state's candidate sites carry a catalogued aggregate of 121.8k MW and average a 3.6 yrs interconnection-queue wait.
At a glance
Utah has 2,458 scored datacenter candidate sites, the 26th-most of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico, averaging 51.7/100 DC Readiness against a national average of 53.0. Its average score ranks 42nd among states. The state also has 35 operating datacenters and 25 internet exchange facilities on record.
How does Utah compare with other states for datacenter sites?
By number of scored candidate sites, Utah ranks 26th of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico (2,458 of 147,272 nationally, 1.7%). Its average DC Readiness of 51.7/100 ranks 42nd and is roughly in line with the national average of 53.0. The average interconnection-queue wait at its sites, 3.6-year, is the 11th-shortest of the group (national 4.2-year).
Across the five headline sub-scores, Utah is strongest relative to the nation on natural hazard (84.0 vs 66.8 nationally) and weakest on water (25.2 vs 72.3). Power and speed to power carry 20% of the score each, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.
Which counties in Utah have the most datacenter sites?
Salt Lake County (329 sites, average 57.1), Weber County (270 sites, average 50.4), and Wasatch County (228 sites, average 50.5) hold the largest inventories. Together the top 3 account for 34% of the state's scored sites. 29 counties have five or more scored sites and their own county page.
What kinds of sites and grid regions are in Utah?
Federal Excess parcels are the largest category (930, 38%), followed by substation-adjacent (739) and former mine (354). Sites span 3 grid regions; WECC covers 89% of them.
By site type
Average sub-score profile
How Utah's candidate sites score on each DC Readiness dimension (0–100 average).
Top 25 datacenter sites in Utah
Ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERMINAL | Substation-Adjacent | Salt Lake County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.5 yrs | 66.4 |
| CAMP WILLIAMS | Substation-Adjacent | Salt Lake County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.5 yrs | 66.3 |
| MIDVALLEY | Substation-Adjacent | Salt Lake County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.5 yrs | 66.3 |
| 90TH SOUTH | Substation-Adjacent | Salt Lake County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.5 yrs | 66.3 |
| OQUIRRH | Substation-Adjacent | Salt Lake County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.5 yrs | 66.2 |
| LAKESIDE 2 | Substation-Adjacent | Utah County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.5 yrs | 66.1 |
| EC Near eBay - South Jordan | Greenfield | Salt Lake | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 66.0 |
| OZ Salt Lake | Greenfield | Salt Lake | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 65.3 |
| Sharon Steel Corp. (Midvale Tailings) | Brownfield | Salt Lake | 46 kV | 2 MW | 3.5 yrs | 65.2 |
| EC Near Murray City | Greenfield | Salt Lake | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 65.1 |
| EC Coal Salt Lake County | Greenfield | Salt Lake County | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 65.0 |
| EC Coal Salt Lake County | Greenfield | Salt Lake County | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 64.7 |
| GREEN VALLEY | Substation-Adjacent | Washington County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.9 |
| TAP206657 | Substation-Adjacent | Washington County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.9 |
| TAP206312 | Substation-Adjacent | Washington County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.8 |
| UNKNOWN206167 | Substation-Adjacent | Salt Lake County | 275 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.8 |
| Salt Lake City Landfill | Brownfield | Salt Lake | 138 kV | 1 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.8 |
| TAP206303 | Substation-Adjacent | Washington County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.7 |
| UNKNOWN206797 | Substation-Adjacent | Salt Lake County | 275 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.7 |
| Spanish Fork Landfill | Brownfield | Utah | 115 kV | 5 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.7 |
| UNKNOWN201442 | Substation-Adjacent | Washington County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.6 |
| UNKNOWN206624 | Substation-Adjacent | Washington County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.6 |
| EC Near eBay - South Jordan | Greenfield | Salt Lake | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 63.6 |
| EC Near Kennecott Power Plant | Greenfield | Salt Lake | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 63.5 |
| UNKNOWN205233 | Substation-Adjacent | Salt Lake County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 63.4 |
Counties in Utah
29 counties with five or more scored sites.
Operating datacenters in Utah
35 operating datacenter facilities in Utah are on record, the 19th-most of any state. Salt Lake City has the largest cluster (10 facilities). The operators with the most facilities here are DataBank (6), Flexential (6), Meta (5). Footprints are recorded for 14 of them, totalling about 25.5 million square feet.
Salt Lake City (10)
- Flexential Salt Lake City - Downtown · Flexential
- Flexential Salt Lake City - Millcreek · Flexential
- Flexential Salt Lake City - Fair Park · Flexential
- C7 Data Centers SLC · C7 Data Centers
- DataBank SLC · DataBank
- Equinix Salt Lake City · Equinix
- Flexential - Salt Lake City/Cottonwood (SLC05) · Flexential Corp.
- Flexential SLC · Flexential
- Lowest Host/Empire Technology · Lowest Host/Empire Technology LLC
- Senawave · Senawave
Bluffdale (5)
- DataBank SLC2 · DataBank
- DataBank SLC3 · DataBank
- DataBank SLC4 · DataBank
- DataBank SLC5 · DataBank
- DataBank SLC6 · DataBank
Eagle Mountain (2)
- Meta Eagle Mountain DC · Meta
- Meta Eagle Mountain · Meta
Lindon (1)
- Flexential Salt Lake City - Lindon · Flexential
Orem (1)
- Voonami SLC1 · Voonami, Inc.
Saint George (1)
- Tonaquint Data Center - Saint George · Tonaquint Data Center, Inc.
South West Jordan (1)
- Aligned Salt Lake (SLC-02) · Aligned Data Centers
Vernal (1)
- Strata Networks · STRATA Networks
West Jordan (1)
- Flexential Salt Lake City - South Valley · Flexential
West Valley City (1)
- Voonami SLC2 · Voonami, Inc.
City not recorded (11)
Internet exchange and peering facilities in Utah
25 peering and colocation facilities in Utah are listed in PeeringDB. Salt Lake City has the most (12). The best-connected facility hosts 39 networks; the median facility in the state hosts 3 networks.
Salt Lake City (12)
- DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC1) · 39 networks
- Flexential - Salt Lake City/Downtown (SLC04) · 24 networks
- EdgeConneX Salt Lake City (EDCSLC01) · 18 networks
- Level(3) Salt Lake City · 10 networks
- XMission - Salt Lake City - Utah · 5 networks
- Flexential - Salt Lake City/Fairpark (SLC07) · 3 networks
- UFN Kearns · 3 networks
- Flexential - Salt Lake City/Cottonwood (SLC05) · 1 networks
- Flexential - Salt Lake City/Millcreek (SLC10) · 1 networks
- XO Salt Lake City IP PoP · 1 networks
- Lowest Host/Empire Technology · 0 networks
- Senawave · 0 networks
Bluffdale (4)
- DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC2) · 22 networks
- DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC3) · 14 networks
- DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC5) · 3 networks
- DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC4) · 2 networks
South West Jordan (2)
- Aligned Salt Lake (SLC-01) · 6 networks
- Aligned Salt Lake (SLC-02) · 0 networks
Draper (1)
- FIBERSTATE Salt Lake City (SLC1) · 24 networks
Lindon (1)
- Flexential - Salt Lake City/Lindon (SLC03) · 6 networks
Orem (1)
- Voonami SLC1 · 1 networks
Saint George (1)
- Tonaquint Data Center - Saint George · 9 networks
Vernal (1)
- STRATA Vernal Data Center · 1 networks
West Jordan (1)
- Flexential - Salt Lake City/South Valley (SLC09) · 3 networks
West Valley City (1)
- Voonami SLC2 · 4 networks
Utah datacenter site selection FAQ
How many datacenter sites are in Utah?
GridCensus catalogs 2,458 scored datacenter candidate sites in Utah, with an average DC Readiness score of 51.7/100. That is the 26th-largest inventory of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico.
How many operating datacenters are in Utah?
35 operating datacenter facilities in Utah are on record, the 19th-most of any state. Salt Lake City has the most (10). DataBank operates the most facilities in the state (6).
What is the average interconnection-queue wait in Utah?
Candidate sites in Utah average a 3.6-year interconnection-queue wait, with an average queue depth of 35 projects. The national average across all scored sites is 4.2-year, and Utah has the 11th-shortest average wait of the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico.
Which county in Utah has the most datacenter sites?
Salt Lake County has the most scored candidate sites in Utah (329), followed by Weber County (270) and Wasatch County (228). Among counties with at least 10 sites, Salt Lake County has the highest average DC Readiness (57.1/100).
What kind of datacenter sites are most common in Utah?
Federal Excess sites are the most common category in Utah (930 sites, 38% of the inventory), and most sites fall within the WECC grid region.
How many internet exchange facilities are in Utah?
25 peering and colocation facilities listed in PeeringDB are in Utah. Salt Lake City has the most (12). The best-connected one hosts 39 networks.
Looking for a specific record? The directory lists every scored datacenter site in Utah, A to Z.
More Utah infrastructure
- Electric substations in Utah
- Brownfield and retired power plant sites in Utah
- WECC grid region· 2,193 sites here
- SPP grid region· 262 sites here
- CAISO grid region· 3 sites here
- Federal Excess sites in Utah· 930
- Substation-Adjacent sites in Utah· 739
- Former Mine sites in Utah· 354
- Industrial sites in Utah· 253
- States ranked by datacenter readiness
About this data
Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published November 12, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Datacenter candidate sites in Utah”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/utah (data as of November 12, 2026).
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
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