# Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus > Proposed: a 1500 MW data center in Iron County, Utah, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/red-butte-energy-and-data-center-campus-ut-dc_bd169577cab6 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/red-butte-energy-and-data-center-campus-ut-dc_bd169577cab6.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records BrightNight has proposed a 1500 MW data center in Iron County, Utah (proposed). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** BrightNight (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 1, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 1500 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Site area:** 2,600 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported jobs:** 500 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** May 7, 2026 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **City:** Newcastle (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** Iron (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **State:** Utah (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Power source:** Mixed sources (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Cooling:** Closed loop (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **AI workload:** AI or machine-learning workload reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus | Proposed | 1500 MW | | Server Country | Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus | Suspended | 1500 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 1, 2026) reports it as proposed. The sources disagree: Server Country reports suspended. ### Who is building Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus? BrightNight is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Red Butte Energy and Data Center Campus get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - **May 22, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://brightnightpower.com/red-butte/) - **May 7, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) ## Related records - [Antelope Data Center (Project Antelope)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/antelope-data-center-project-antelope-ut-dc_af885e83c7a0): Same state - [BluSky AI Delta Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/blusky-ai-delta-data-center-ut-dc_fa83a32adb7d): Same state - [BluSky AI Milford Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/blusky-ai-milford-campus-ut-dc_feaa1e5c0f37): Same state - [BluSky AI Nephi SkyMod Site](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/blusky-ai-nephi-skymod-site-ut-dc_df7fb12a2322): Same state - [Cirrus Data Services - View 78 Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/cirrus-data-services-view-78-campus-ut-dc_8a5fe5a07150): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record. - Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution. - An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. - Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity. ## Sources - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://brightnightpower.com/red-butte/) · as of Sep 1, 2026 · record brightnight-red-butte-newcastle-ut - [BrightNight (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://brightnightpower.com/red-butte/) · as of Aug 25, 2026 - [Iron County, Utah (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://ironcountyut.gov/planning/data-center-projects) · as of Aug 25, 2026 - [St. George News (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/ai-campus-proposed-in-iron-county-could-bring-500-jobs-on-site-power-generation-public/article_bcfedf59-aa3f-4ff8-92c0-438f38266f72.html) · as of Sep 1, 2026 - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 1027 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/red-butte-energy-and-data-center-campus-ut) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 207904694586038 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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