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Developers say closed‑loop cooling, purchase of water rights will limit Stratus water impact
Summary
MIDA representatives told commissioners the project will use closed‑loop cooling and that the developer has purchased or contracted for water rights (about 3,000 acre‑feet on site and ~10,000 acre‑feet near Snowville), and said no water will be taken from the Great Salt Lake; commissioners asked for studies and public records.
Commissioners repeatedly raised water use as a central concern. MIDA said the data centers are expected to use closed‑loop cooling systems that reuse water rather than continually consume it, and that long‑term demand would be closer to a large office campus than a traditional industrial facility.
Austin Pritchett quantified the on‑site holdings: “So we have on-site, we've got about 3,000 acre feet that we're purchasing. Up the road, we've got other acre feet, about 10,000 acre feet in up in Snowville that we have under contract if needed,” he said. When asked whether any water would be taken from the Great Salt Lake, county staff and presenters said no. Commissioners asked for the environmental, hydrological and traffic studies that will be part of the development review and permitting process; developers said those studies are under way and will be included in the master plan and public fact sheets.
