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This page tracks official records, company announcements and public reporting. Each entry identifies its source type and event date. Older featured coverage appears below recent updates. Some sources are linked with research notes rather than archived originals.
Approved minutes record a unanimous vote approving Ordinance 26-432 as amended. This countywide procedural action does not by itself change the April project decisions. The final amended text and effective date remain to be reviewed.
Approved minutes, page 2 · posted August 31In an August 11 company announcement, Senmiao described a nonbinding proposal for a staged $5 million development investment in Energence Utah. It identified Energence Power as sponsor/managing member and Elio Energy Development as a development-services provider. Definitive agreements and closing conditions remain outstanding in the reviewed evidence; financing completion and construction have not been verified.
Source: August 11 issuer announcementABC4 Utah's statewide interactive tracker of AI data-center projects — Box Elder, West Jordan, Provo, Eagle Mountain, Nephi, Santaquin, Duchesne County, Delta, and Iron County. The Duchesne County section describes the Nine Mile Data Center / Uinta Basin Data Center (Energence Utah LLC) and cites uintahbasindatacenter.com by name as its source for the project's job and tax-revenue figures. Reported by Abigail Jones; also syndicated by AOL and Yahoo News.
Read at ABC4 UtahAn independent project dossier tracking the Nine Mile Data Center. Lists the permit as approved, the developer as Nine Mile Data LLC, and roughly 475 acres near Myton, alongside the tracker's notes on the broader data-center policy landscape.
Read at PoweredByWhoBasin Now (Kristin Forbis) reports the April 27 County Commission denial of the appeals by Moreen Henderson and Diana Meacham Davies — Henderson's for lack of standing — leaving the Planning Commission approvals intact.
Read at Basin NowAn AI-generated summary of the April 27 County Commission hearing, reporting that the commission denied the appellants standing after testimony on water, wildlife, and procedural concerns. Secondary citation only — the official approved county minutes are the primary record.
Read at Citizen PortalBasin Now (Kristin Forbis) reports that the County Commission scheduled the April 27 hearing on the Henderson and Davies appeals of the April 2 Planning Commission approvals for Nine Mile Data, Wells Draw Energy, and reWater.
Read at Basin NowBasin Now (Kristin Forbis) previews the April 2 Planning Commission hearing on Nine Mile Data LLC's conditional-use-permit request for a data center in the South Myton Bench area.
Read at Basin NowCoverage here is incomplete and limited to what could be retrieved and archived. Outlets known or likely to have covered or referenced the project but not yet archived include the Uintah Basin Standard, Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, KSL, Fox 13 Salt Lake, Vernal Express, Datacenter Dynamics, and Utility Dive.
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