{"id":223,"date":"2026-05-26T17:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growtooele.com\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:49:39","slug":"data-ce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/growtooele.com\/?page_id=223","title":{"rendered":"Data Center The basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"223\" class=\"elementor elementor-223\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc6cdfc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc6cdfc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a95a87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a95a87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The basics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c901e14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c901e14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Understanding data centers and why they&#8217;re coming to Tooele County.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d4459a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d4459a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5140e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f5140e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What a data center is<\/h2><p>A data center is a building full of computer servers. Those servers store data, run software, and handle the calculations behind almost everything that happens online \u2014 email, banking, video streaming, mapping, navigation, online retail, business software, and increasingly, artificial intelligence.<\/p><p>The buildings themselves are unremarkable from the outside: large, low, often windowless, surrounded by fencing and parking. What makes them distinct is what&#8217;s inside and what they need to operate.<\/p><p><strong>Servers<\/strong>\u00a0are the computers doing the work. A single facility can hold tens or hundreds of thousands of them.<\/p><p><strong>Cooling<\/strong>\u00a0keeps the servers from overheating. This can use water (evaporative cooling), air (large fans and chillers), or sealed liquid systems (closed-loop). The cooling method largely determines how much water the facility uses.<\/p><p><strong>Power<\/strong>\u00a0runs everything. A small data center uses a few megawatts. A &#8220;hyperscale&#8221; facility \u2014 the kind being proposed across Utah \u2014 can use hundreds of megawatts or more. For comparison, the entire state of Utah currently uses roughly 4 gigawatts (4,000 megawatts) of electricity at peak.<\/p><p><strong>Backup systems<\/strong>\u00a0keep the facility running during outages: diesel generators, battery banks, or both.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cbd0a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3cbd0a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a4149 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94a4149\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Types of data centers<\/h2><p>Not all data centers are the same. Three common categories show up in Utah&#8217;s conversation:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Enterprise data centers<\/strong>\u00a0are owned and operated by a single company for its own use. Modest in size.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Colocation facilities<\/strong>\u00a0rent space to many tenants. Mid-sized.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Hyperscale facilities<\/strong>\u00a0are built for the largest cloud and AI companies. These are the ones driving most of the recent debate, both in Utah and nationally.<\/li><\/ul><p>Some new proposals also include\u00a0<strong>co-located power generation<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a power plant built next to the data center, often using natural gas, and in some cases an advanced nuclear reactor. This is a relatively new development model and raises a separate set of regulatory questions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486983a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"486983a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-757eeec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"757eeec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>How this connects to Utah&#8217;s energy strategy<\/h2><p>Large data centers create large, steady electricity demand. To support that demand \u2014 along with population growth, electrification, and other industrial loads \u2014 the state launched\u00a0<strong>Operation Gigawatt<\/strong>\u00a0in late 2024, an effort to roughly double Utah&#8217;s electricity production over ten years.<\/p><p>The plan includes natural gas, geothermal, solar, battery storage, transmission expansion, and advanced nuclear. Tooele County is involved in several of these threads, including the state&#8217;s pending application to host a federal\u00a0<strong>Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus<\/strong>\u00a0in the northwest corner of the county.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c9b60 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c5c9b60\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-def23d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"def23d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Read more<\/h4><p>The nuclear conversation is covered in depth on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/growtooele.com\/?page_id=242\">The Nuclear Question.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3fd2bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3fd2bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4724bd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4724bd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What this site won&#8217;t try to do<\/h2><p>This page sticks to the basics. It doesn&#8217;t argue for or against any project. It doesn&#8217;t try to predict what will happen. For specific concerns, benefits, and the evidence behind each, see:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/growtooele.com\/?page_id=244\">Potential benefits<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/growtooele.com\/?page_id=246\">Concerns and questions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/growtooele.com\/?page_id=227\">Active and proposed projects<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The basics Understanding data centers and why they&#8217;re coming to Tooele County. 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