Project concern
Where the cooling water comes from — and why the filings point to reuse water, not the local aquifer.
Data centers can use large volumes of water for cooling, and in an arid basin the worry is direct competition with agriculture, households, and existing water rights — especially if a facility draws on fresh groundwater.
The developer's filings describe sourcing process and cooling water from Wasatch Energy Management through a shared process-water system, rather than from a freshwater aquifer. Culinary water is described as coming via a Pleasant Valley utility extension, and wastewater is handled by septic in coordination with Tri-County Health. Utah's HB 76, effective July 1, 2026, sets reporting and conservation requirements on large data-center water use (facilities at or above roughly 10,000 square feet or 75 acre-feet per year), backed by daily penalties for non-compliance — a state-level check the project will operate under. The water-source claims trace to the project filings; the volumes and the reuse arrangement are the items to confirm against the operating record once the facility is built.