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MIDA says Stratos campus will use closed‑loop cooling, cites 3,000 and 10,000 acre‑feet in water rights
Summary
MIDA representatives told Box Elder County commissioners that the Stratos project intends to rely on closed‑loop cooling and that the team is purchasing roughly 3,000 acre‑feet of onsite water rights with an additional 10,000 acre‑feet available near Snowville as a contingency.
MIDA's technical representative described water management for the proposed Stratos data‑center campus as primarily closed‑loop, meaning water would be reused rather than continuously consumed. Austin Pritchett said the project team plans to acquire water rights to support the facility and explained local water sources and treatment for alkaline/saline water.
Pritchett stated, "on site they have about 3,000 acre feet that are being purchased. Up the road, we have about 10,000 acre feet in Snowville if needed." MIDA emphasized that closed‑loop cooling and emerging zero‑water air‑cooling technologies are part of the strategy to limit long‑term consumptive use and that they expect long‑term demand to be closer to that of a large office campus rather than a traditional industrial user. MIDA representatives said detailed water change‑of‑use applications and monitoring will go through state processes and be part of environmental review.
