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Data centers in Millard County, Utah: 3 projects mapped
Millard County, a desert county of about 13,400 people in central Utah, has approved two of the largest data center campuses ever proposed, and its commissioners say they are glad to have them. The first is Creekstone Energy's campus outside Delta, on nearly 1,200 acres rezoned from agricultural to heavy industrial for a 20 million square foot campus called the Delta Gigasite. Creekstone, led by Ray Conley, says it will manage up to 10 gigawatts there over the coming decade: 1.8 gigawatts from the Intermountain Power Project next door, 6 gigawatts of solar and 2 of natural gas.
In April 2026 the state awarded the $17 billion project a tax reduction tied to 106 jobs, and Creekstone expects its first computers online by late 2027. BluSky AI has agreed to use 25 acres and up to 50 megawatts of the site's power for modular AI computing, one of the Gigasite's first named tenants.
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The second is Joule Capital Partners' campus on about 4,000 acres of the Triple C Farms, rezoned to heavy industrial in August 2025. Joule partner Mark McDougal is part owner of the farm: "This project is actually on the farm that my family and I have been farming for the last two decades," he told the commission.
With Caterpillar and Wheeler Machinery, Joule plans more than 4 gigawatts of on-site gas generation with battery storage, able to run apart from the regional grid. Joule broke ground in November 2025 and expects to start providing power in 2026; the state called it central to Gov. Spencer Cox's Operation Gigawatt.
The county's argument is that these projects bring money without people. "The data centers are probably the best way for us to get development, rather than a business that brings 500 people [for whom] we will have to build houses, schools and everything else," Commissioner Bill Wright told Utah Business. Commissioner Vicki Lyman said the campuses would generate their own power rather than draw on the local grid. Both said the county gave neither developer special incentives.
Residents' worry is water, in one of Utah's driest regions. In Delta, Mack Barnhardt, who spent 44 years in water filtration, told Fox 13 in September 2026 that "losing the water, I think it's our number one concern." Creekstone's answer is a University of Utah research project to capture water from burning natural gas, which it estimates could produce about 4,000 acre-feet a year from 2 gigawatts of gas generation. State Sen. Nate Blouin, D-Salt Lake City, said the developers' original pitch to lawmakers in 2024 "sounded very snake oily."
Neither developer has disclosed a total water figure, a tenant or, for Joule, a cost. What comes next is Joule's first power and computing capacity, due in 2026, and the University of Utah's verdict on Creekstone's water-capture plan.
Data center projects on record in Millard County
Grouped by the town each site sits in. The report above may name projects that have no record here yet.
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| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fibernet MercuryDelta Campus/Delta GigasiteDelta | Creekstone Energy | Under construction | 10,000 MW | |
| BluSky AIDelta | BluSky AI | Proposed | 50 MW |
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| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joule Power AI Data Center CampusMillard CountyExact site not confirmed | Joule Power | Under construction | 4,000 MW |
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