Box Elder County, in Box Elder County, Utah, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on April 24, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "On April 24, 2026, Kevin O'Leary unveiled details of the Stratos Project Area to Utah's Military Installation Development Authority (MIDA) board. The 40,000 acres of privately owned land plus 1,200 acres of state land in unincorporated… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | April 24, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Box Elder County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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Utah context
Utah has 13 documented local actions across 10 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a ratepayer-protection law (enacted).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.