Eagle Mountain, UT Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)

Under EMMC 17.40.020, the industrial zone's land use table lists 'Data Center' with a straight 'P,' the same permitted-use mark given to flex-space structures, light manufacturing of finished products, industrial parks, and office parks in that zone; unlike uses such as automobile sales/service or heavy/large product manufacturing, which the table marks 'S' for special use requiring the standards in Chapter 17.75 EMMC, a data center carries no additional special-use conditions. Development still runs through the ordinary industrial-zone process: EMMC 17.40.030 requires a master site plan for any development in the district, and EMMC 17.40.040 sets base setbacks of 25 feet front, 50 feet on sides (with no side setback required between adjoining industrial lots), and 20 feet at the rear, rising to 50 feet where the rear yard adjoins a residential zone or faces an arterial or collector street; EMMC 17.40.050 caps building height at five stories.

A larger data center project can instead route through the regional technology and industry (RTI) overlay zone, Chapter 17.48 EMMC, whose land use table separately permits 'electronic data management businesses.' EMMC 17.48.020 requires the special RTI approval process, including a city council-approved development agreement and Development Review Committee (DRC) site plan review, for any project with a minimum of 100 or more permanent jobs at an average hourly wage equal to or greater than Utah County's average hourly wage, or a minimum of 100,000 square feet of building floor area in a building or buildings within a single phase of development. RTI site plans and final plats are administrative applications, and the DRC has final approval authority with no public hearings required under EMMC 17.48.020(E).