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Iron County, Utah

Iron County, Utah has 3 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 1.1 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1 GW of planned generation across 6 projects. That is 9.1% of Utah's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: PacifiCorp EastRefreshed monthly
3GW
data centers, planned to operating
2
data center records, not cancelled
9.1%
of Utah's data center MW
1.1GW
operating generation, 22 projects
1GW
planned generation, 6 projects
2
data center developers active here
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Iron County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 4 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Garfield no data centers Beaver 9 MW Iron 3 GW Washington 4 MW Kane
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
2.7times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Iron County's own plants cover 36.6% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 1 GW.

Data centers, planned to operating3 GW
Operating generation1.1 GW
Planned generation1 GW

Data centers by status

2 records, 3 GW

Planned3 GW2 records, 100%
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The data center pipeline

None of the 2 records lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Iron

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.

BrightNight 1.5 GW 1 site
Pronghorn Development LLP 1.5 GW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
BrightNight11,500
Pronghorn Development LLP11,500
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Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. Aggregates only. Campus names are for members.

Power generation in the county

22 plants operate inside Iron County, 1.1 GW of solar and battery storage. The queue adds 1 GW across 6 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Iron County

OperatingPlanned
SolarOperating 857.4 MW 19 projects
SolarPlanned 457 MW 3 projects
Battery StorageOperating 240 MW 3 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 556 MW 3 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
SolarOperating19857.4
SolarPlanned3457
Battery StorageOperating3240
Battery StoragePlanned3556
Operating: 1.1 GW. Planned: 1 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 2.1 GW against 3 GW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
0200400600 297 2027 116 2028 600 2029
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20272297
20282116
20292600
No planned project is past its listed year

Iron County against its neighbors

Beaver County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 9 MW, 0% of Iron County's. 3 of the 3 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Iron County this page 2
3,000
1,097
1,013 2.7x
Beaver County 1
9
831
441 0.01x
Washington County 1
4
154
0 0.03x
Garfield County 0
0
4
0 0x

Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.

4 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

6 projects in Iron County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
4
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 594 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
2
slipped their in-service date, 600 MW

Every change in Iron County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 6 changes.

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County: Iron County, UTSince June 4, 2026 6 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Iron County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 30 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Iron County, UTStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 30 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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