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Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus

BrightNightNewcastle, Iron County, UTUpdated

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.

  1. Today

    Proposed

    Last material change Sep 24, 2026.

  2. 4 mo ago

    Reported as announced

    Event date: · First observed: Not reported

  3. 4 mo ago

    Announced

  4. 4 mo ago

    Reported as announced

    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
BrightNightOperator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 1, 2026 · Record: brightnight-red-butte-newcastle-utOperator · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 1027
Stage
ProposedStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 1, 2026 · Record: brightnight-red-butte-newcastle-ut
Facility type
AI data centerFacility type · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 207904694586038

Scale

Reported capacity
1500 MWReported capacity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 1, 2026 · Record: brightnight-red-butte-newcastle-utReported capacity · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 1027
Site area
2,600 acresSite area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 207904694586038
Reported jobs
500Reported jobs · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 207904694586038

Reported dates

Announced
2026-05-07Announced · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 1027Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.

Site

City
NewcastleCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 1, 2026 · Record: brightnight-red-butte-newcastle-utCity · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 1027
County
IronCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 1, 2026 · Record: brightnight-red-butte-newcastle-utCounty · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 1027
State
UtahState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 1, 2026 · Record: brightnight-red-butte-newcastle-utState · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 1027
Location precision
Street address reportedLocation precision · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 207904694586038

Power and cooling

Power source
Mixed sourcesPower source · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 207904694586038
Cooling
Closed loopCooling · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 207904694586038
AI workload
AI or machine-learning workload reportedAI workload · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 207904694586038

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasRed Butte Energy and Data Center CampusProposed1500 MW
Server CountryRed Butte Energy and Data Center CampusSuspended1500 MW

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 1, 2026 · Record: brightnight-red-butte-newcastle-ut
  2. CA
  3. CA
  4. CA
  5. SC
    Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 1027
  6. KW

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.

Report an error in this record and we will check it against the cited sources.

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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