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Developer asks Millard County to rezone Phase 1 of proposed data‑center project, offers grazing payments
Summary
A developer told the Millard County Commission it will seek rezoning for Phase 1 of a roughly 9,000‑acre project, offered to withdraw Phases 2 and 4, and proposed compensating grazers while stressing the project will primarily use natural gas with supplemental solar.
Unidentified Speaker 1 told the Millard County Commission the company seeks rezoning for Phase 1 of a multi‑phase development and will consider withdrawing Phase 2 and Phase 4 to reduce visual and grazing impacts.
"Our primary fuel source for our project is and will forever be natural gas fired generation," Unidentified Speaker 1 said, adding that "the solar provides a critical supplemental energy source for our project." The speaker said the power produced on the property would be used to run on‑site facilities rather than exported to distant markets: "We're not sending it to California," they said.
The developer described extensive outreach over the prior two weeks and said residents and the planning commission most frequently raised two concerns: potential loss of grazing land and the…
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