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Juab County

Pro-Data Center Policies

Juab County approved the Nebo North data center campus, subject to road-impact review, safe on-site roads, and good-faith efforts to direct applicable sales tax to the county.

current law · County project: Nebo North LLC data center campus on parcels XC00-2715-1, XC00-2710-, and XC00-2705- in Sections 13 and 14, Township 11 South, Range 1 West, S.L.B. & M.
Approves Nebo North LLC’s conditional use permit for a data center campus by a 4–1 vote, subject to the conditions recorded in the commission minutes.Juab County Planning Commission Conditional Use Permit Approval — Nebo North LLC Data Center Campus (2026)

What this means

The measure would allow the Nebo North data center campus to proceed, a substantial benefit for this specific project (approved the conditional use permit). It also requires road-impact review and safe on-site roads, and asks the applicant to make good-faith efforts to direct applicable sales tax to Juab County, creating some added obligations (permit conditions).

People behind it

  • Planning Commission member who moved to approve the conditional use permit.

  • Planning Commission member who seconded the motion to approve the conditional use permit.

  • County body that held the public hearing, considered, and approved the conditional use permit.

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  • Applicant that proposed the data center campus conditional use permit.

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  • A conditional use permit is required to construct and operate the Nebo North data center campus; the county scheduled a public hearing before deciding the application.

  • All federal, state, and local rules and regulations must be met as a condition of the permit.

  • Construction and project traffic must use county roads that are brought to and maintained under Juab County road standards. A road-impact study or written analysis must document the need and scope of required work, with the County Road Superintendent determining necessary improvements.

  • All on-site roads must accommodate fire apparatus and other heavy emergency vehicles, including adequate turnaround areas of approximately 99 feet in diameter or another size approved by the county and fire authority, so emergency vehicles do not have to back onto public roads.

  • Project-related purchases, including construction materials, furnishings, and equipment racks—and, where legally permitted, computers and server equipment—must have sales tax collected at the county-assigned project address. The applicant must make good-faith efforts to use contractual point-of-delivery provisions or similar mechanisms to allocate applicable sales-tax revenue to Juab County.

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  • The Planning Commission approved Nebo North LLC’s conditional use permit to construct and operate a data center campus on the specified parcels, subject to the listed federal, state, and local requirements.

  • The project may obtain power through the Utah SB 132 process, including a reported 750-megawatt request to Rocky Mountain Power. The project would pay for its own infrastructure upgrades and higher-than-standard power rates, rather than shifting those costs to ordinary ratepayers.

  • County roads used by project construction and traffic must be improved and maintained to county standards, with a road-impact review determining needed work. This provides a process for accommodating the project’s heavy-truck access, although the permit does not waive road standards.

  • The development’s internal roads must be designed for fire and other heavy emergency vehicles, including adequate turnaround areas, allowing emergency access without requiring vehicles to back onto public roads.

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