Cedar City is considering a new data center, and there's a public hearing soon. This could mean big changes for the area, so if you're a local, you'll want to know what's up.
At a glance
Declining — being discussed less frequently. 0 mentions in the last 30 days, 8 the 60 before.
This could bring jobs and tax money, but we don't know the full cost yet.
Tech companies and potentially the city through new revenue streams.
No groups negatively affected
Iron County has approved a new data center near Cedar City Utah Public Radio
<p>After months of debate and public scrutiny, the Iron County Planning Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a conditional use permit for a proposed massive data center project west of Cedar City.</p>
<p>Amid ongoing outcry over a massive, 40,000-acre data center campus being planned in northern Utah, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams announced that he’s calling for the project to be scaled back dramatically. </p>
Cedar City protest calls for transparency, data-driven approach to data centers ABC4 Utah
Gov. Spencer Cox signed an executive order on Friday that establishes a statewide framework to guide the evaluation and development of large data center projects in Utah.The executive order creates a Data...
Cedar City delays three power generation, data center projects amid new ordinance KUTV
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‘I do not want this’: Another Utah data center is facing overwhelming opposition from locals The Salt Lake Tribune
Public hearing set for new data center near Cedar City ABC4 Utah
From Scott Bolton, BrightNight CEDAR CITY, Utah – May 7, 2026 – BrightNight, a next-generation power and digital infrastructure company, will host a community open house on May 14, 2026, to share information and gather input on its proposed Red Butte Energy Campus and Data Center in Iron County. The…
The proposed development would include a data center and a 1.5-gigawatt natural gas power plant about 15 miles northwest of Cedar City. By Brooke Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune “This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers…
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