Data Centers & Crypto Mining in Utah (2026)
12 rules on the books across Utah, 7 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Data Center Zoning & Siting
Where data centers may be built, including the zoning districts that allow them, conditional-use-permit requirements, residential setback and buffer distances, and lot-size or acreage minimums.
Provo
Significant RestrictionsProvo confines data centers to a DC Overlay Zone that can only be layered onto Light Manufacturing (M1) or Planned…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Significant RestrictionsData centers are permitted only in Salt Lake City's M-1 and M-1A manufacturing districts, and the M-1A location…
Read full rule →Washington County
Significant RestrictionsWashington County confines any data, AI, or crypto center to its Industrial (IND) zone, never the adjoining…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Some RestrictionsEagle Mountain treats data centers as a standard permitted use in its industrial zone, with no special approval…
Read full rule →Iron County
Some RestrictionsIron County adopted a dedicated data center chapter in 2025 setting minimum lot sizes, height and setback standards for…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Some RestrictionsWest Jordan treats a data center as a defined use permitted by right in only two districts: the M-1 Light Manufacturing…
Read full rule →Weber County
Few RestrictionsWeber County treats a data center as a permitted, by-right 'data services' use in every manufacturing zone, M-T, M-1…
Read full rule →Data Center Noise Limits
Decibel caps on data-center cooling and backup-generator noise at the property line, how and when noise is measured, tighter nighttime limits, and how communities enforce them against continuous hum.
Iron County
Some RestrictionsIron County caps data center and data center power plant noise at fifty-five dBA measured at the property line of a…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsEvery data center in Provo's DC Overlay zone has to hold its cooling towers, generators, and transformers to the same…
Read full rule →Washington County
Some RestrictionsWashington County's Industrial zone, the only zone where a large data, AI, or crypto center may sit, caps noise at 70…
Read full rule →Crypto Mining Rules
Local ordinances aimed at cryptocurrency-mining operations, focused on noise nuisance, setbacks, and permitting, a fast-growing fight in rural counties near cheap power.
Washington County
Significant RestrictionsWashington County caps every data, AI, or crypto mining center at 50 megawatts of capacity under Code § 10-4-1's…
Read full rule →Provo
Few RestrictionsProvo's Data Center Overlay Zone chapter defines cryptocurrency mining and blockchain validation facilities right out…
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