Provo, UT Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Noise Limits (2026)

Section 14.34A.060, Other Requirements, closes out the Data Center Overlay Zone chapter by tying data centers to three separate obligations: full compliance with the International Building Code as adopted by the Provo Municipal Council, compliance with any other license requirements of the City or another public agency, and, under subsection (3), compliance with 'the noise limits in Section 9.06.040, Provo City Code, and any requirements of the zone.' That cross-reference pulls in the full Chapter 9.06 table: a maximum of 55 dBA at a residential property line between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., 65 dBA between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., 75 dBA at all hours for industrial-classified property, and 65/70 dBA for all other areas, measured as continuous two-minute-interval noise or intermittent noise exceeding the cap five or more times in ten minutes.

Section 9.06.040(2) adds that when a noise source can be measured from properties in more than one land-use category, the most restrictive classification controls, which matters directly for DC Overlay sites since Section 14.34A.050(3) only requires a 200-foot setback from residential property, schools, or parks, meaning a data center's mechanical plant can sit close enough to a home that the stricter residential limit governs. The DC Overlay itself may only combine with the Light Manufacturing (M1) and Planned Industrial Commercial (PIC) zones under Section 14.34A.050(1), so a data center's noise exposure is layered: the citywide Chapter 9.06 table, plus whatever additional condition the M1 or PIC zone attaches.