Commission hears closed-loop cooling, water and emissions transparency commitments for Nebo North

Apr 15, 2026

Developers said the Nebo North data center will use closed-loop cooling charged annually with trucked-in water, that culinary water use will be minimal and that HB 76 and UDAQ permitting will provide transparency on water and air-emissions impacts.

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Environmental and resource use questions were discussed as part of the commission’s review. The developer described a closed-loop cooling system that would be charged annually using trucked-in water; they said culinary water use would be minimal—comparable to a few homes per building—and that much process water would return via the Mona wastewater system, which was described as having unused capacity.

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