Utah Data Centers
Salt Lake City Colocation, West Jordan and Bluffdale, the Eagle Mountain Campuses, and the NSA’s Utah Data Center
Utah combines low natural-disaster risk, a cool, dry climate and fast-growing wholesale campuses within about 6 ms of Las Vegas and Denver. We find the Salt Lake City space that fits your requirement and negotiate the terms, at no cost to you.
Price My Utah RequirementMost people searching for the Utah data center are looking for the NSA facility at Camp Williams, which is covered below. For companies, Salt Lake City is a useful Western market: cooler and drier than Phoenix, far from hurricanes and wildfire-prone coastlines, and close enough to Las Vegas, Denver, Phoenix and California to serve the whole region or act as their recovery site. This page covers the Salt Lake City data center market, the providers and campuses, what Utah colocation suits, and how to get space.
Sources: Cleanview Utah tracker; Novva; latency is an MCA calculation from straight-line distance. As of October 2026.
Downtown for interconnection, West Jordan and Bluffdale for wholesale and density, matched to your requirement.
Salt Lake City as a recovery site for California, Las Vegas, Phoenix or Denver, with distances and shared risks checked.
Which halls have energized power for your density on your date.
The operator you choose pays us. Your rate is not marked up, and you'll hear back within 24 hours.
Salt Lake City Data Centers and Campuses
| Area | What is there | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown Salt Lake City | DataBank SLC1 at 179 Social Hall Avenue, Flexential and Lumen sites, and carrier connectivity | Interconnection and smaller retail deployments |
| West Jordan | Aligned's Salt Lake City campus (SLC-01, 02 and 03), Novva's 100-acre campus, and Flexential's South Valley site | Wholesale, high-density and growth space |
| Bluffdale | DataBank's Granite Point campus with its own substation | High-density and HPC colocation |
| Eagle Mountain | Meta's campus and QTS's campus under construction, with more planned | Hyperscale, mostly single-tenant |
| Lindon and Utah County | Flexential and smaller facilities between Salt Lake City and Provo | Enterprise colocation for the Silicon Slopes tech corridor |
Facility details from Baxtel, Compute Atlas and operator sites. Google Cloud’s us-west3 region is in Salt Lake City.
Send power, cabinet or megawatt count, connectivity needs and date. You'll hear back within 24 hours with the Utah buildings that fit.
The NSA's Utah Data Center
The National Security Agency's Utah Data Center sits at Camp Williams in Bluffdale, south of Salt Lake City. Completed in 2014 at a reported cost of about $1.5 billion, it draws about 65 MW across four 25,000-square-foot data halls within a much larger complex, built to support the U.S. intelligence community's computing and storage needs. It is a government facility, not available for colocation. It is also why "Utah data center" draws thousands of searches a month, and why Bluffdale is home to commercial campuses too: the same land, power and fiber that drew the NSA drew DataBank's Granite Point campus nearby.
Novva, Aligned and DataBank
Novva Data Centers
A 100-acre campus in West Jordan with about 1.5 million square feet planned across four phases, supporting deployments from 250 kW to 30 MW. Novva secured about $2 billion in financing in 2025 to finish it.
Aligned Data Centers
A wholesale campus in West Jordan with several buildings (SLC-01, SLC-02 and SLC-03), designed for high-density and hyperscale tenants.
DataBank
The downtown SLC1 carrier hotel site plus the Granite Point campus in Bluffdale, which has a private power substation for high-density deployments.
Eagle Mountain and the Hyperscale Build-Out
Eagle Mountain, southwest of the metro, is where Utah's largest campuses are going: Meta's operational campus, QTS's campus under construction, and further planned parks. These are mostly single-tenant hyperscale projects, but they add fiber and power infrastructure that benefits the wider market.
Why Salt Lake City
MCA calculation from straight-line distance, about 1 ms round trip per 100 km; real fiber routes are longer. Free to cite with a link to this page.
Climate
Cool, dry air allows more hours of outside-air cooling than hot or humid markets.
Natural hazards
Away from hurricanes and coastal wildfire risk. The Wasatch Fault does carry earthquake risk, so check each building's seismic design.
Recovery site
Far enough from California, Phoenix and Las Vegas to avoid their shared risks, close enough to replicate.
Tech workforce
The Silicon Slopes corridor between Salt Lake City and Provo supplies engineering talent.
What Utah Colocation Costs
Salt Lake City generally prices below California and comparably to other Western secondary markets, with large wholesale campuses keeping larger deployments competitive. Retail cabinets downtown cost more per kW than wholesale space in West Jordan or Bluffdale. Benchmarks are on the colocation pricing guide.
Who Utah Data Centers Suit
Western recovery sites
For primaries in California, Las Vegas, Phoenix or Denver.
Wholesale and AI tenants
Space and power at the West Jordan and Bluffdale campuses.
Silicon Slopes companies
Local tech companies moving out of server rooms or cloud. See cloud repatriation.
Regional enterprises
Utah and Mountain West companies needing reliable local colocation.
Utah and Other Markets
Salt Lake City pairs with Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix and Denver for Western footprints and recovery, and with Texas and Chicago for national reach.
How We Find Space in Utah
You send the requirement
Power, cabinet or megawatt count, connectivity, cooling and date. You'll hear back within 24 hours.
We find what fits
Which Utah buildings have space and energized power for your density and date.
We negotiate and you sign
Rate, power, term and exit terms negotiated before you sign. The operator you choose pays us.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Utah Data Center?
Most often, the NSA's Utah Data Center at Camp Williams in Bluffdale, a government facility completed in 2014 that draws about 65 MW across four data halls. It is not available for colocation. Utah also has about 40 commercial data centers.
Where is the NSA data center in Utah?
At Camp Williams in Bluffdale, about 25 miles south of Salt Lake City.
How many data centers are in Utah?
About 40 operating data centers with roughly 1.2 GW of capacity by one count, mostly along the Wasatch Front, with many more announced.
Who are the main Salt Lake City data center providers?
Aligned and Novva in West Jordan, DataBank downtown and in Bluffdale, Flexential at several sites, Lumen downtown, QTS and Meta at Eagle Mountain, and Google Cloud's Salt Lake City region.
What is the Novva data center?
Novva's flagship campus in West Jordan: 100 acres with about 1.5 million square feet planned, supporting deployments from 250 kW to 30 MW, financed with about $2 billion in 2025.
What is at Eagle Mountain?
Meta's operational data center campus, a QTS campus under construction, and further planned hyperscale parks, mostly built for single large tenants.
Is Salt Lake City good for colocation?
For Western companies and recovery sites, yes: cool, dry climate, low hurricane and coastal wildfire risk, and about 6 ms to Las Vegas and Denver. Check seismic design, since the Wasatch Fault carries earthquake risk.
How much does colocation cost in Salt Lake City?
Generally below California and comparable to other Western secondary markets, with wholesale pricing driven by the large West Jordan and Bluffdale campuses. Quotes depend on power, cabinet count, term and connectivity.
Is Utah a good recovery site for California?
Often, yes. Salt Lake City is about 9 to 10 ms from Los Angeles and San Francisco, far enough to avoid California's earthquake and wildfire risks while close enough to replicate.
Does Utah have earthquake risk for data centers?
Yes. The Wasatch Fault runs along the Salt Lake valley, so modern facilities are designed to seismic codes. Ask each operator about its seismic design and the building's code year.
Can Utah data centers support AI and GPU racks?
Yes, at campuses built for density, including Aligned, Novva and DataBank's Bluffdale site. Confirm power per rack, cooling type and energization dates for liquid-cooled racks.
Is there a Google data center in Utah?
Google Cloud operates its us-west3 region in Salt Lake City, and Google has a site at Eagle Mountain.
What is the Silicon Slopes?
The tech corridor between Salt Lake City and Provo, home to software and tech companies that use the region's colocation and cloud capacity.
Salt Lake City or Las Vegas for colocation?
Las Vegas has Switch's large campuses and strong security branding; Salt Lake City has more operator choice and a cooler climate. They are about 6 ms apart, so many companies compare both.
Do you charge for finding Utah data center space?
No. The operator you choose pays us from its channel budget, and your rate is not marked up. You'll hear back within 24 hours.
Price Your Utah Requirement
Tell us power, cabinet or megawatt count, connectivity needs and date. You'll hear back within 24 hours from the person who will run your search. No cost, no obligation, and the operator you choose pays us.
Once you have contacted an operator directly, it usually will not work through an advisor on your deal.
Western markets: Phoenix, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Planning: disaster recovery colocation, wholesale colocation, AI and GPU colocation and how a data center broker works.
