Concept visualization of a low-profile data center campus in a Uintah Basin desert landscape

Conceptual rendering — not a photo of an existing facility

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~$10B

Total investment estimated capital buildout

~200

Long-term jobs for operations and maintenance

On-site power

Natural gas generation, solar, storage, and grid support

Water plan

Process-water system for cooling and operations

County revenue

Property tax and sales tax revenue for local services

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Project snapshot
Project type A proposed large data center

County filings describe a data-center project with related energy generation, storage, and water infrastructure near Wells Draw Road.

Proposed location About six miles southwest of Myton

The filings place it near Wells Draw / South Myton Bench in Duchesne County, not inside Nine Mile Canyon itself.

Project entities Nine Mile Data + Energence Utah

Nine Mile Data, LLC is the data-center applicant. County narrative names Energence Utah, LLC. Related filings name Wells Draw Energy LLC and reWater LLC.

Public process Appeals reported denied

Basin Now reported on April 28, 2026 that appeals heard by the County Commission were denied.

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Overview

Project information for residents, landowners, businesses, and local officials.

The proposed project would bring a large-scale data center to Duchesne County, with supporting power and water systems described in related county filings.

This site is structured as a public information center: project summary, location, infrastructure, schedule, source documents, and a public question area.

Concept visualization of a modern data center campus in a Uintah Basin desert landscape
Concept visualization only. Final site design, building layout, landscaping, and equipment placement would depend on approved plans and permits.
Project visualization

What a low-profile data center campus could look like.

The image helps residents picture the type of facility being discussed: large modern buildings, service roads, utility equipment, security, and landscape buffers in a rural basin setting.

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Project scale described in filings
$10B Estimated data-center investment described in county/project narrative
~475 Acres described for data-center use within a larger leased area
200 Long-term data-center jobs described in filings
$74.7M Estimated annual property tax revenue described in filings
Major components

Data center, solar, natural gas, storage, and produced-water infrastructure.

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PermittingPublic process

What is the April 27 hearing about?

Information center response

Utah Public Notice described appeals involving Nine Mile Data, Wells Draw Energy, and reWater items. Basin Now later reported the appeals were denied.

WaterProject documents

What do the water-related filings say?

Project document summary

The data-center filing says process/cooling water would largely come from a shared process-water system. Related reWater filings describe additional recycling ponds and about 1,787,632 barrels of storage capacity.

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