The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Summit County
Mixed Data Center Policies
Utah offers qualifying data centers tax breaks on equipment, while facilities seeking at least 100 megawatts face utility review, approval, contracts, and added service costs. Some new centers must report water use, and local governments will generally be barred from incentivizing large centers starting in 2027.
Rating and summary from Utah statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Summit County.
Specific to Summit County only.
pending · Unincorporated areas of Eastern Summit CountyThis draft policy would discourage large-scale industrial or utility-intensive land uses, including potential data centers, in areas identified for open-space preservation such as agricultural lands.Summit County Eastern Summit County General Plan, Draft Policy 7.11
What this means
The draft is advisory and non-binding, so it would not itself directly block a data center. But it proposes extra review and possible denial of large, resource-intensive facilities based on impacts such as water and energy use, which could make future projects harder to approve.
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