Public documents
Every major fact on this site should be traceable to a filing, notice, meeting record, local report, or published project update.
County staff findings and conditions for the Nine Mile Data data-center conditional-use permit, including parcel descriptions, the site, utility, and electrical-interconnection exhibits, and the project's ~$10B investment, ~200 long-term jobs, and ~$74.7M annual property-tax figures.
View PDFFindings and conditions for the Wells Draw Energy solar power plant (about 333 MW) conditional-use permit.
View PDFFindings and conditions for the Wells Draw Energy natural-gas power plant (about 400 MW with energy storage), including grid-interconnection references to Deseret Power and PacifiCorp/Gateway South.
View PDFFindings and conditions for the reWater produced-water disposal and recycling facility, including pond storage capacity and facility-layout exhibits.
View PDFPublic hearing notice for the Nine Mile Data conditional-use permit, published in the Uintah Basin Standard ahead of the April 2 Planning Commission hearing.
View PDFAgenda for the April 2 Planning Commission meeting that heard the reWater, Wells Draw Energy, and Nine Mile Data conditional-use permits.
View PDFMinutes of the April 2 Planning Commission meeting recording the conditional-use-permit hearings and the actions taken on each application.
View PDFAgenda for the April 27 County Commission meeting that heard the appeals of the Planning Commission approvals.
View PDFApproved minutes of the April 27 County Commission meeting, recording the motions to deny the appeals — one of them for lack of standing.
View PDFState public-meeting notice for the April 27 Duchesne County Commission appeal hearing.
View noticeState corporate registration record for Elio Energy Group LLC, the developer identified on the project engineering drawings.
View recordCompany press release describing Redelfi's U.S. partnership with Elio Energy Group and Redelio Renewables.
Read releaseBackground on Redelio Renewables, a company associated with the developer's partnership network.
View profileWorking memo tracing the corporate entities behind the project — developer, landowner, and the related power and water companies — from public registry records.
Read memoContext on data-center and electrification demand growth driving new power needs.
View reportContext on grid capacity and interconnection bottlenecks relevant to large new loads.
View reportIndustry analysis explaining why data-center water impacts depend on local cooling design, climate, and water source rather than a generic average.
Read articleIndependent tracker page for data-center activity in Duchesne County.
View trackerLocal and statewide reporting on the project — Basin Now, ABC4 Utah, Citizen Portal, PoweredByWho, and others — is catalogued on the News page.
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