Data center restrictions tracker · Utah

Cache County Council, Utah: data center moratorium (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Cache County Council, Utah, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 23, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "Cache County Council voted 6-0 (one member absent) for a 180-day pause on accepting or reviewing any data center applications on unincorporated land, explicitly citing the neighboring Box Elder County 'Stratos'/Kevin O'Leary/MIDA project… (datacentertracker.org)."

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ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionenactedJune 23, 2026county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: county. County: Cache 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.

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