Weber County, UT Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)

Section 104-21-3.050 of Weber County's Land Use Code lists 'data services,' defined in the table as 'a data center, data warehousing, and data processing,' as a permitted use across all four of the county's manufacturing zones, M-T, M-1, M-2 and M-3, marked 'P' with no conditional-use review and no special-regulations entry specific to the use. A data center sited in the county must still meet the manufacturing zones' generally applicable Site Development Standards in Chapter 104-21-5: a 20,000-square-foot minimum lot area in M-1, M-2 and M-3 (none in M-T) under Section 104-21-5.020, a 30-foot front setback under Section 104-21-5.040, no minimum side or rear setback unless the lot adjoins a residential zone, which triggers 20 feet on the side and 30 feet at the rear, under Sections 104-21-5.050 and 104-21-5.060, a one-story minimum and 50-foot maximum height in M-T only, with no maximum in M-1, M-2 or M-3, under Section 104-21-5.070, and an 80 percent maximum lot coverage under Section 104-21-5.090.

The M-T zone's purpose clause in Section 104-21-1 describes it as intended for 'well-planned and designed technological and manufacturing parks' featuring 'research, development, manufacturing, fabrication, processing, storage, warehousing and wholesale distribution,' the same category data center operators fall under. Because a data center needs only the standard land use permit required under Section 102-4-2, not a conditional use permit, the Planning Division can approve it administratively once the site plan meets these bulk standards. These manufacturing-zone rules apply only in the unincorporated county.