An off-grid, natural gas-powered data center could be coming to Utah.

Officials in the city of Santaquin this week held a community open house to answer questions about a planned data center in the area.

The Summit Ridge Data Center is set to be developed on land at 15372 S. Ridge Farms Road. Full details are unclear, but the 20MW+ project is being developed by the Data Center Power Company. The development will use a closed-loop cooling system.

Santaquin is a city in Utah and Juab counties, some 65 miles (104.6km) south of Salt Lake City.

According to local press, the project was actually approved by the city back in 2024 with little fanfare, with a site plan approved last summer. However, many local residents are reportedly only hearing about it for the first time this week.

Santaquin Mayor Dan Olsen said this week that there were 11 public meetings held on the topic, with the last one on January 6.

The campus will not be grid-connected, according to Olsen.

“All power for the data center is generated on site with natural gas engines. It's all rated and controlled by the EPA,” he added.

A start date for construction has not yet been set.

Data Center Power Company aims to build islanded off-grid data centers powered by on-site generation. The company focuses on behind-the-meter deployments utilizing natural gas.