Millard County, Utah, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on April 22, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
Millard County, Utah, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on June 3, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The records read: "Millard County, Utah, Commission approved rezoning of 4,400+ acres from agricultural to forest/range for Creekstone Energy solar farm to power AI data centers, despite resident opposition. On April 22, 2026, Creekstone Energy announced it… (datacentertracker.org)." "Millard County Commission unanimously approved Creekstone Energy's rezoning of ~1,200 acres from agricultural to heavy industrial on June 3, 2025, despite public opposition at the hearing. In March 2026, Creekstone secured a 13,000-acre… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | April 22, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | June 3, 2025 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Millard County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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.