Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus
BrightNight has proposed a 1500 MW data center in Iron County, Utah (proposed). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 1500 MW
- Site
- 2,600 acres
- Reported jobs
- 500
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
Operator
BrightNight
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Proposed
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 4 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
- 4 mo ago
Announced
- 4 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, figures differ
- Location
- Street address reported
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- BrightNight
- Stage
- Proposed
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 1500 MW
- Site area
- 2,600 acres
- Reported jobs
- 500
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2026-05-07Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
Site
- City
- Newcastle
- County
- Iron
- State
- Utah
- Location precision
- Street address reported
Power and cooling
- Power source
- Mixed sources
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- AI or machine-learning workload reported
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus | Proposed | 1500 MW |
| Server Country | Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus | Suspended | 1500 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 1, 2026 · Record: brightnight-red-butte-newcastle-ut
- CABrightNight (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 25, 2026
- CAIron County, Utah (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 25, 2026
- CASt. George News (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 1, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 1027
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 207904694586038
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/red-butte-energy-and-data-center-campus-ut-dc_bd169577cab6, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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