Data center profile · Southeast of Delta, Millard County, Utah (near the Intermountain Power Project)

Delta Gigasite

Creekstone Energy's behind-the-meter gas, solar and data-center campus near Delta, Utah, billed as 10 GW; first 230 MW gas plant has no air permit.

Early site work, unpermitted power. Land is owned and zoned with a county permit, gas pipeline capacity and a state tax credit. The gas plant has no air permit, and the only tenant is a non-binding letter of intent for up to 50 MW.
Main build site (IPP anchor box) - last complete capture before site work, Satellite image, Sept. 29, 2025
~230 MW
first gas plant, 29 engines (company)
targeted for first half of 2027; no air permit filed; company also talks of 600 MW baseload and 10 GW at full build-out
1 GW solar
planned on-site generation, solar not gas
13,000 acres of state trust land leased in Mar. 2026; a 280 MW solar-and-storage MOU with Zeo Energy is non-binding
50 MW
BluSky AI's tenant allocation, not the campus size
non-binding letter of intent on 25 acres; no executed deal found
$17.1B
capital investment the company reported to the state
basis for up to $172M in state tax credits over 20 years
OperatorCreekstone Energy LLC (county permit held by Fibernet Mercury Delta, LLC)
CustomerBluSky AI (letter of intent, up to 50 MW allocation); no executed lease
Planned IT capacity1.0 GW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet); company says 2027.
Next deadlineJune 2027: Company target for the first 300+ MW of gas-fired power (first half of 2027); no air permit is on file
From orbit

The site from above

Satellite overview1
Satellite image, Sept. 29, 2025. Pin: Main build site, IPP anchor box) - last complete capture before site work.
From orbit

Main build site

Satellite views of the same ground on Aug. 29, 2022 and Sept. 29, 2025. Drag to compare. What we count on the Sept. 29, 2025 image:

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Power

Power and the grid

220 MW contracted

Kern River firm gas supplyContracted capacity, per company
220 MW
43,000 Dth/day of firm pipeline capacity, enough for about 220 MW of generation (company); interconnect under construction Company · July 2026
Solar on state trust land, first phaseLeased, unbuilt
1,000 MW
solar capacity planned over 18 months on a 13,000 acre lease; county zoning approval reported for the first phase (press); not gas and not yet built SEC filing · April 2026
Phase 1 gas engines (29 units)Planned, no air permit
230 MW
company says about 230 MW; engine maker not identified; no air permit filed; company also cites a 300+ MW first-half 2027 target News report · July 2026
Solar and storage MOU with Zeo EnergyNon-binding MOU
280 MW
baseload from solar firmed with long-duration storage; non-binding, pre-feasibility only Company · Feb. 2026
Nuclear evaluationStudy only
2,000 MW
at least 2 GW studied under a non-binding MOU with EnergySolutions; any operation would be 2030 to 2035 at the earliest Company · Dec. 2025
ContractedApprovedProposed

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Sept. 1, 2025
    Gas interconnect agreements signed
    Creekstone says an interconnection agreement and a precedent agreement with Kern River were executed in Sept. 2025. News report · July 2026
  2. July 23, 2026
    Firm gas capacity announced
    The company says it holds 43,000 Dth/day of firm Kern River capacity, about 220 MW of generation. Company · July 2026
  3. As of Oct. 2026
    No air permit filed
    The Utah air-quality tracker has no notice of intent from Creekstone or its permit holder for the roughly 230 MW gas plant. see Permits
  4. June 2027
    Substation due
    Substation transformers and switchgear are in production, with completion targeted for Q2 2027. Company · Oct. 2026
  5. Not set
    Grid link: none
    The design is off-grid; no utility service agreement or state regulator docket exists, and a reported private 345 kV line from the neighboring power plant has no agreement behind it. News report · May 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

5 granted · 2 checked, nothing on file

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$17.1B
capital investment stated to the state
company-reported figure behind the incentive; no project financing found State agency · April 2026
$172.2M
maximum state tax credit
50% of new state tax revenue for 20 years, with clawback and a commitment to stay in Utah State agency · April 2026
25 acres
land BluSky AI may buy under its letter of intent
up to 50 MW of power; non-binding; the Q4 2025 target to finalize has passed with no executed deal found News report · July 2025

Not on record: Series B equity, closed Nov. 5, 2025: undisclosed, led by Trident Ridge with Pelion Ventures, no project-level debt found Company · Nov. 2025

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. May 8, 2025
    Paper trail Creekstone Energy LLC registered in Utah
  2. July 1, 2025
    Permits Millard County approves the conditional use permit for a data center and power plant Local government · July 2025
  3. July 29, 2025
    Site BluSky AI signs a non-binding letter of intent for 25 acres and up to 50 MW SEC filing · July 2025
  4. Sept. 2025
    Power Gas interconnection and precedent agreements with Kern River executed (company) News report · July 2026
  5. Nov. 5, 2025
    Money Creekstone closes a Series B equity round led by Trident Ridge Company · Nov. 2025
  6. Dec. 2025
    Site Company says it broke ground; battery and flywheel equipment installed on site State agency · April 2026
  7. Feb. 18, 2026
    Power Non-binding MOU with Zeo Energy for about 280 MW of solar and storage Company · Feb. 2026
  8. March 2026
    Site Creekstone signs a lease on about 13,000 acres of state trust land for solar News report · March 2026
  9. April 9, 2026
    Money State incentive board approves up to $172.2M in tax credits on a stated $17.1B investment State agency · April 2026
  10. July 23, 2026
    Power Company announces 43,000 Dth/day of firm Kern River gas capacity, about 220 MW Company · July 2026
  11. Sept. 9, 2026
    Site Creekstone launches a patent-pending water-recovery claim with a University of Utah verification agreement Company · Sept. 2026
  12. June 2027
    Power Company target for first 300+ MW of gas power; substation completion also targeted for Q2 2027 State agency · April 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since March 2022: 69 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2023; 5 earlier records are not drawn.

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Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 5. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

1,143 acres
owned by Creekstone across 10 parcels (a separate 13,000 acre solar lease is on state land)
Company · July 2026
20 million sq ft
planned campus floor area (press)
News report · Dec. 2025
106 jobs
permanent, per the state incentive filing; about 1,000 construction workers expected
Local government · July 2025
Over 1 GW IT capacity
company boilerplate for full build-out across phases; no Phase 1 IT figure is given
Company · April 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • Creekstone Energy LLC: developer and landowner, Salt Lake City; Buford Ray Conley is founder and CEO
  • Fibernet Mercury Delta, LLC: holder of the county permit
Customer
  • BluSky AI Inc. (formerly Inception Mining): letter of intent for 25 acres, up to 50 MW
Decision-makers
  • Millard County Commission: permit and zoning
  • Utah Division of Air Quality: air approval order
  • Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity: tax credit
  • Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration: solar lessor
Power partners
  • Kern River Gas Transmission: gas supply
  • Quanta Services and its Dashiell unit: engines and substation
  • Zeo Energy: solar and storage MOU
  • EnergySolutions: nuclear evaluation MOU
  • NAES: plant operations MOU
Builders and advisers
  • Ramboll: air permitting
  • Clayco: master plan
  • Integra Mission Critical: powered-shell design
  • Torus: battery and flywheel storage
Money
  • Trident Ridge (lead) and Pelion Ventures: Series B investors
Builders on site
  • Dashiell (Quanta Services subsidiary): substation engineering, procurement and construction contractor
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

356 records from 35 documents

Drawn from news reports, company statements, state agency records, business registries, public and commercial datasets, local government records, securities filings, utility regulator dockets and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 10Company 9State agency 6Dataset 5Local government 4SEC filing 4Utility regulator 1Satellite 0
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (53)
  • IT capacity filing statement: not stated
    “EDGAR search "Gigasite" returned 5 documents (Zeo and BluSky AI 8-Ks plus 2014 Nokia 6-K noise)”
    SEC filing · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Site distinctness: DISTINCT SITE - not Joule and not IPP; Delta Gigasite (this campus) sits ~4500 E & Hwy 50 southeast of Delta under its own CUP Z-2025-035 (Fibernet Mercury Delta LLC)
    “Joule Capital Partners, LLC- Site #2 Data Center | Millard | N162900001 | Approval Order Issued: 2026-09-11”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: 1,000 MW
    “the first phase of the project, which involves the development of 1 GW of solar capacity”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: 280 MW
    “Zeo Energy signs an MOU with Creekstone Energy to develop approximately 280 megawatt (MW) of baseload energy generation and LDES”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • Campus area: 1100 acres
    “The solar generation will provide power to the Delta Gigasite, a data center campus located on 1,100 acres of land”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: 1,000 MW
    “the first phase of the project, which involves the development of 1 GW of solar capacity”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: 280 MW
    “Zeo Energy signs an MOU with Creekstone Energy to develop approximately 280 megawatt (MW) of baseload energy generation and LDES”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • Name: Delta Gigasite (Creekstone Gigasite)
    “Creekstone Energy is developing the Creekstone Gigasite, a massive, next-generation, multi-source power and AI data center campus in Millard County, Utah”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • Stated campus size: 10,000 MW
    “The project aims to become the worlds largest AI-optimized data center with a 10GW capacity”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • Current target date: 1H 2027 (first power: 300+ MW gas-fired); substation completion targeted Q2 2027 per company
    “with over 300MW of initial gas-powered generation expected online by early 2027”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • Address: Approximately 4500 E & Highway 50, Delta, UT (unincorporated Millard County); county notice places zone-change land 5 miles southeast of Delta; company describes the site as about 9 miles southeast of Delta off
    “approximately 4,461.38 acres of property located 5 miles southeast of Delta. Creekstone Energy, LLC, Applicant”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Stated campus size: 50 MW
    “This strategic acquisition includes access to up to 50 megawatts of scalable power, marking a pivotal step in the company's expansion roadmap”
    SEC filing · July 2025 · grade A
  • Power plan: onsite (behind-the-meter gas + solar + storage; no grid supply contracted)
    “CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT APPLICATION #Z-2025-035 FOR DATA CENTER AND ELECTRICAL GENERATING FACILITY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 4500 E & HWY 50 DELTA”
    Local government · July 2025 · grade A
  • Conditions of approval: C-2 CUP Z-2025-035 approved Jul 1, 2025 with 21 conditions (traffic management, mitigation and safety among them); the county retains authority to amend the CUP at any time; commissioners indicate
    “twenty one initial conditions were included in the CUP and emphasized that additional conditions can be added in the future if necessary”
    Local government · July 2025 · grade A
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 0.22 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 0.54 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest gas pipeline: none within 16km km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Utility: none (behind-the-meter self-supply
    “No Creekstone docket at Utah PSC; positive-control searches return Rocky Mountain Power and Kern River tariff dockets”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stage: building (early stage) - land-use approvals, fuel contract and state incentive are real, but the Phase 1 generation plant is NOT air-permitted (no DAQ NOI), no project financing has closed in sources checked, and
    “No Creekstone row in the Utah DAQ NOI tracker; Millard rows are Ares Strategic Mining, Joule Capital Partners Sites #2-#6 and Materion”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Paper or real: REAL: land owned (1,143 acres), CUP + Heavy Industrial zoning, firm Kern River gas capacity contracted, interconnect and substation under construction, GOEO REDTIF approved. PAPER: the 10 GW buildout (only
    “Firm, contracted pipeline capacity is now in place for the gigawatt-scale Delta Gigasite”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Cooling: dry cooling (closed-loop, near-zero water); Integra Mission Critical powered-shell design with near-zero water cooling architecture
    “Powered shell design. Near-zero water cooling architecture.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Equipment vendors: Quanta Services (engines; delivery quoted at 9 months after order); Quanta Dashiell (substation EPC); Torus (battery/flywheel); NAES Corp (plant O&M, MOU); Ramboll (air permitting); Clayco (architectur
    “Every critical path has a named contractor with signed commitments or executed agreements”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Water use stated: dry cooling; company states consumption of up to 2 acre-feet per 100 MW per year (sanitary/potable only); the patent-pending GIGAWATER exhaust-condensation system claims ~4,000 acre-ft/yr recovery at sc
    “Creekstones engineering analysis projects a yield of approximately 4,000 acre-feet of water per year”
    Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
  • Interconnection status: none - behind-the-meter by design (queue power secured=onsite applied; no utility contracted): Creekstone states tenants do not have to spend years waiting in a grid interconnection queue because
    “With power generated on site in 2027, tenants do not have to spend years waiting in a grid interconnection queue”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Acres: 1143 acres
    “The Delta Gigasite sits on 1,143 acres that Creekstone owns outright, near the Intermountain Power Project”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • On-site generation: 220 MW
    “It is enough firm fuel to support roughly 220 megawatts of behind-the-meter generation”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Grid operator: none (WECC region; project is off-grid by design)
    “tenants do not have to spend years waiting in a grid interconnection queue”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Gas supplier: Kern River Gas Transmission Company - 43,000 Dth/day firm transportation capacity contracted; interconnection and precedent agreements executed September 2025; interconnect under construction
    “The company has secured 43,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/day) of firm natural gas transportation capacity on the Kern River Gas Transmission pipeline”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Fuel-supply position (not a grid position): Creekstone has secured 43,000 Dth/day of firm natural gas transportation capacity on the Kern River Gas Transmission pipeline, confirmed by Kern River's public transactional re
    “It is enough firm fuel to support roughly 220 megawatts of behind-the-meter generation, the first block of a campus master-planned to scale past 10 gigawatts.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • 43,000 Dth/day firm Kern River capacity announced as secured; company says Kern River public transactional reporting confirms it; gas interconnect construction underway
    “Kern Rivers public transactional reporting confirms this capacity”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • IT capacity: not disclosed for Phase 1; company boilerplate (Apr 2026) claims more than 1 GW of total IT capacity at full buildout across phases MW
    “designed to deliver more than 1 gigawatt of total IT load capacity across multiple phases”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Stated campus size: 600 MW
    “we plan to deliver over 600MW of baseload power to our Gigasite customers in 2027 in Phase 1 of our project”
    Company · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • Role of the on-site plant: prime (behind-the-meter baseload)
    “Creekstone plans to provide over 300MW of gas-powered energy to data center clients at the Gigasite in the first half of 2027”
    Company · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • Phases: Phase 1 (2027): 300+ MW gas delivery target, >600 MW baseload target including solar/storage firming; full buildout >10 GW power under a 4-zone master plan
    “At Creekstone, we plan to deliver over 600MW of baseload power to our Gigasite customers in 2027 in Phase 1 of our project”
    Company · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • Aliases: Delta AI Campus; Creekstone Gigasite; Creekstone AI Gigasite
    “announced it has closed its Series B funding to advance development of the AI Gigasite in Delta, Utah”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Original target date: 2026 (first powered data centers, per the Nov 2025 Series B release)
    “as it advances toward delivering its first powered data centers in 2026”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Master-plan supply mix as reported Sep 2026 (Utah News Dispatch via The Daily Caller): ~2.1 GW natural gas, 6 GW solar and 1.8 GW from the nearby Intermountain Power Project, within a >10 GW full buildout. The IPP compon
    “Creekstone expects about 2.1 gigawatts of its planned power supply to come from natural gas, along with six gigawatts of solar and 1.8 gigawatts from the nearby Intermountain Power Project”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • County land use: Millard County conditional use permit issued covering data center development and on-site power generation; 1,143-acre site zoned heavy industrial
    “The 1,143-acre Delta Gigasite is zoned for heavy industrial use and has received a conditional use permit covering both data center development and onsite power generation.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • On-site generation: 230 MW
    “the initial power plant will comprise 29 natural gas reciprocating engines with combined capacity of approximately 230 MW”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • On-site power technology: natural gas reciprocating engines (Phase 1 prime); solar PV + long-duration storage (Zeo MOU, 280 MW); Torus battery/flywheel grid-forming storage (installed Dec 2025); propane peaking/backup; n
    “The developer also plans to add utility-scale solar generation on adjacent land and use propane for backup and peaking service”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Generating units on the permit: 29 units
    “Initial behind-the-meter installation is expected to use 29 natural gas engines with approximately 230 MW of combined capacity”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Generator maker and model: not disclosed - engines supplied via Quanta Services; manufacturer, model and emissions configuration not publicly identified
    “Creekstone has not publicly identified the engine manufacturer, model or emissions configuration”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Gas lateral: on-site interconnect to the Kern River mainline (stated design pressure 650-1,333 psig); no FERC certificate docket for this interconnect located - the precedent agreement is a Kern River shipper/transaction
    “The gas interconnection has a stated design pressure range of 650 to 1,333 psig”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Interconnection status: no grid interconnection; 100% behind-the-meter design. Incentive coverage reports a possible 345 kV private transmission line from the Intermountain Power Project (unverified, no IPA agreement fou
    “power from the Intermountain Power Project via a 345kV private transmission line and onsite battery energy storage (BESS)”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: early construction - power infrastructure only: gas interconnect under construction, concrete equipment pad placed, Torus battery/flywheel installed Dec 2025, substation transformers/switchgear in pro
    “A concrete equipment pad has been placed on site, with grid-forming battery backup and flywheel inertia for grid stability”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • WiredWest Utah data-center pipeline inventory lists Creekstone Delta Gigasite as 300 MW under construction, expected 2027 - independent cross-check of the Phase 1 stage/COD
    “Creekstone Delta Gigasite (300 MW under construction, expected 2027)”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • On-site generation: 1,000 MW
    “Millard County officials issued zoning approval for the first phase of the project, which involves the development of 1 GW of solar capacity”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • On-site generation: 300 MW
    “Creekstone broke ground on the site in December 2025 and plans to provide more than 300MW of gas-fired power to customers in the first half of 2027”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • On-site generation: 10,000 MW
    “US clean energy company Zeo Energy Corp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AI data center company Creekstone Energy to develop 280MW of solar and storage capacity for Creekstone’s data center campus”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • On-site generation: 300 MW
    “Creekstone broke ground on the site in December 2025 and plans to provide more than 300MW of gas-fired power to customers in the first half of 2027”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • On-site generation: 10,000 MW
    “US clean energy company Zeo Energy Corp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AI data center company Creekstone Energy to develop 280MW of solar and storage capacity for Creekstone’s data center campus”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition: no organized opposition, petition or litigation found; individual neighbor concerns at the Jul 1, 2025 CUP hearing (Kyle Ashby requested a 15-ft berm for noise/visual screening); CEO Conley has said the commu
    “But the community is against solar, Conley said, which is another hurdle to securing power”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • CEO Conley states community opposition to solar is a hurdle for the SITLA solar buildout
    “But the community is against solar, Conley said, which is another hurdle to securing power”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (38)
  • Stated capital cost: 17082408000 USD
    “Capital Investment: $17,082,408,000”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • Incentives: GOEO REDTIF post-performance refundable tax credit up to $172,190,593 = 50% of new state tax revenue over 20 years (projected new state revenue $344,381,185); 106 jobs at average wage $162,148; recapture prov
    “Total amount of REDTIF, post-performance refundable tax credit: $172,190,593”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • state tax incentive (REDTIF): scope - maximum credit 172190593 USD
    “Total amount of REDTIF, post-performance refundable tax credit: $172,190,593”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • state tax incentive (REDTIF): term and rate 50% of qualified new incremental state tax revenues, for 20 years % / years
    “The amount represents the following percentage of new state revenues: 50%”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • state tax incentive (REDTIF): clawback / recapture contractual recapture provision for any excess funds paid to the company
    “with a contractual recapture provision for any excess funds paid to the company”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • state tax incentive (REDTIF): condition - employment must meet new qualified employment projections; employee headcount at the stated 100% wage criteria at 50% for each project year; annual average salary of new employee
    “Must meet new qualified employment projections, employee headcount at the stated 100% wage criteria at 50% for each project year”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • state tax incentive (REDTIF): condition - term of operation must commit to keep operation in Utah for the 20-year incentive period years
    “Must commit to keep operation in Utah for the length of the incentive period, 20 years”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • state tax incentive (REDTIF): condition - local participation incentive is site specific and subject to local incentive participation; local incentive proposal must be presented to and approved by the GOEO Incentives Com
    “Incentives are site specific and subject to local incentive participation”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • state tax incentive (REDTIF): basis - capital investment and jobs 17082408000 USD
    “Capital Investment: $17,082,408,000”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • GOEO board REDTIF approval: up to $172,190,593 post-performance refundable tax credit over 20 years on a stated $17.08B capital investment
    “Total amount of REDTIF, post-performance refundable tax credit: $172,190,593”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • conditional use permit conditions: conditions of approval 21 conditions including traffic management, mitigation and safety; county retains authority to amend the CUP at any time; CUP to be revisited before west-side dev
    “the County retains the authority to amend the CUP at any time, should new circumstances arise or further mitigation measures be deemed necessary”
    Local government · July 2025 · grade A
  • memorandum of understanding (O&M): scope exclusive operations and maintenance provider for the power plant; MOU executed
    “Exclusive O&M partner for power plant operations. MOU executed.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • EPC / equipment supply: scope substation engineering, procurement and construction; transformers and switchgear in production; 29 engines supplied via Quanta Services
    “Transformer and switchgear in production. Q2 2027 completion.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • research agreement (executed): scope independent verification of the GIGAWATER water-recovery model; PI Dr. Milind Deo; Phase 1 model verification, Phase 2 pilot-facility conceptual design
    “Creekstone has fully executed a formal research agreement to independently verify the model and test whether it can be proven at scale”
    Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
  • Project Oasis / GIGAWATER launch: patent-pending exhaust water-recovery claiming ~4,000 acre-ft/yr; executed verification agreement with University of Utah EGI; Utah News Dispatch / Salt Lake Tribune coverage included ex
    “Creekstone has fully executed a formal research agreement to independently verify the model and test whether it can be proven at scale”
    Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
  • gas transportation (firm capacity): scope 43000 Dth/day
    “The company has secured 43,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/day) of firm natural gas transportation capacity on the Kern River Gas Transmission pipeline”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • gas transportation (firm capacity): capacity equivalence firm fuel supports roughly 220 MW of behind-the-meter generation MW
    “It is enough firm fuel to support roughly 220 megawatts of behind-the-meter generation”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • gas transportation (firm capacity): termination / term - NOT DISCLOSED contract term, expiry, rates and termination provisions are not stated in any public source checked - finding; the company states only that Kern Rive
    “Kern Rivers public transactional reporting confirms this capacity”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • memorandum of understanding (solar + storage): scope ~280 MW of baseload energy generation (solar firmed with long-duration storage) MW
    “to develop approximately 280 megawatt (MW) of baseload energy generation to support Creekstones data center under construction in Millard County, Utah”
    Company · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • memorandum of understanding (solar + storage): non-binding / condition MOU is non-binding; no obligation on either party until a definitive agreement is signed
    “The MOU is non-binding and establishes a framework for collaboration and development without obligating either party to pursue a specific project until a definitive agreement is signed”
    Company · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • memorandum of understanding (solar + storage): services / financing Zeo has begun a pre-feasibility study; MOU anticipates Zeo may obtain project financing and provide FEL/FEED engineering and project management
    “The MOU also anticipates the possibility of Zeo obtaining project financing for the solar and storage solution aspect of the project”
    Company · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • memorandum of understanding (nuclear evaluation): scope evaluate integration of at least 2 GW of next-generation nuclear capacity (large reactors and SMRs) MW
    “study the feasibility to integrate at least two gigawatts of next-generation nuclear capacity”
    Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • memorandum of understanding (nuclear evaluation): non-binding / termination MOU is non-binding; no obligation to pursue any specific project, technology or investment; no further steps are pre-committed after Phase 1
    “The MOU is non-binding and establishes a framework for structured evaluation without obligating either party to pursue a specific project, technology, or investment”
    Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • memorandum of understanding (nuclear evaluation): timeline potential commercial operation in the 2030-2035 timeframe if pursued
    “Establishing a timeline for commercial operation in the 2030-2035 timeframe”
    Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • Financing: Series B equity closed Nov 5, 2025, led by Trident Ridge with Pelion Ventures participating; amount undisclosed; proceeds for permitting, engineering and early construction. No project-level debt or project fi
    “Creekstone Energy, a leader in next-generation energy infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) computing, today announced it has closed its Series B funding”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Series B equity closed - led by Trident Ridge with Pelion Ventures; amount undisclosed; proceeds earmarked for permitting, engineering and early construction
    “Creekstone Energy... today announced it has closed its Series B funding to advance development of the AI Gigasite in Delta, Utah”
    Company · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Tenant status: LOI only - not a signed lease; LOI finalization was targeted for Q4 2025 and no executed agreement has been located in sources checked as of Oct 2026
    “The transaction is set to be finalized in Q4 2025. Groundbreaking is projected for late 2026”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • gas interconnection + precedent agreement: execution / condition precedent interconnection agreement and precedent agreement executed September 2025; interconnect construction underway; stated design pressure 650-1,333 p
    “Creekstone said an interconnection agreement and a precedent agreement were executed in September 2025 and that construction of the interconnection is underway”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Acres: 13000 acres
    “Creekstone Energy reached an agreement with the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration for a lease in Millard County”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • land lease (solar): scope long-term solar lease of approximately 13,000 acres of state trust lands in Millard County; more than 1 GW of solar planned on the leased acreage over 18 months acres
    “Creekstone Energy reached an agreement with the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration for a lease in Millard County”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • land lease (solar): condition - zoning Millard County granted zoning approval for utility-scale solar development on the first phase of the leased acreage
    “Millard County officials issued zoning approval for the first phase of the project, which involves the development of 1 GW of solar capacity”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • land lease (solar): terms - NOT DISCLOSED rent, lease term length, renewal and termination provisions are not stated in any public source checked - finding
    “The contract represents the largest solar lease by acreage in the history of the state”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • SITLA solar lease executed (~13,000 acres) - largest solar lease by acreage in Utah history; lease revenue benefits Utah public education
    “The contract represents the largest solar lease by acreage in the history of the state”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Square feet: 20000000 sq ft
    “Creekstone plans to develop a 20-million-square-foot campus southeast of Delta in Millard County”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Tenants: BluSky AI Inc. - letter of intent (July 2025) for a 25-acre parcel with up to 50 MW of power
    “The agreement allows BluSky AI to acquire a 25-acre land parcel within Creekstone Energy LLCs Delta Gigasite development in Utah. Up to 50MW of energy will be available”
    News report · July 2025 · grade C
  • letter of intent (land + power): scope acquire a 25-acre land parcel within the Delta Gigasite; up to 50 MW of power available acres / MW
    “The agreement allows BluSky AI to acquire a 25-acre land parcel within Creekstone Energy LLCs Delta Gigasite development in Utah”
    News report · July 2025 · grade C
  • letter of intent (land + power): deadline / status transaction was set to be finalized in Q4 2025; groundbreaking projected late 2026; no executed agreement located in sources checked as of Oct 2026
    “The transaction is set to be finalized in Q4 2025. Groundbreaking is projected for late 2026”
    News report · July 2025 · grade C
  • letter of intent (land + power): termination - NOT DISCLOSED LOI exclusivity, deposit, conditions precedent and termination provisions are not public - finding
    “BluSky AI has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for a 25-acre data center”
    News report · July 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (21)
  • air permit: NONE FILED as of Oct. 18, 2026
    “Millard County rows in tracker: Ares Strategic Mining- Delta Processing Facility; Joule Capital Partners, LLC Sites #2-#6; Materion Natural Resources - Delta Mill”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • state tax incentive approval: approved (board recommendation/motion)
    “Total amount of REDTIF, post-performance refundable tax credit: $172,190,593”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • Groundbreaking (company statement, repeated in the GOEO board summary)
    “which broke ground in December 2025”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity Board: REDTIF post-performance refundable tax incentive for Creekstone Energy, LLC (Millard County project)
    “The Governors Office of Economic Opportunity Board recommends Creekstone Energy, LLC, for a REDTIF post-performance refundable tax incentive”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • zone change: public hearing held
    “PUBLIC HEARING for a Zone Change-Application #Z-2025-073 requesting a zone change from Agriculture (AG) and Agriculture 20 (AG 20) to Range & Forest (RF)”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Millard County Planning Commission: Public hearing + review/possible recommendation: Zone Change Application Z-2025-073, AG/AG-20 to Range & Forest, 4,461.38 acres 5 miles southeast of Delta (Creekstone Energy, LLC, appl
    “PUBLIC HEARING for a Zone Change-Application #Z-2025-073 requesting a zone change from Agriculture (AG) and Agriculture 20 (AG 20) to Range & Forest (RF)”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Owner companies: Fibernet Mercury Delta, LLC (county land-use applicant / CUP holder); Creekstone Energy LLC owns the 1,143-acre campus across 10 parcels
    “PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE C-2 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT APPLICATION #Z-2025-035”
    Local government · July 2025 · grade A
  • Workforce estimate: ~1,000 construction workers anticipated (applicant representative, Jul 1, 2025 hearing); 106 permanent full-time jobs over 20 years per the GOEO filing
    “He said that they anticipate 1,000 construction workers to work on the project”
    Local government · July 2025 · grade A
  • conditional use permit (C-2): approved (unanimous)
    “Commissioner Wright made a motion to approve the conditional use permit Application #Z-2025-035, for the data center and electrical generating facility”
    Local government · July 2025 · grade A
  • Individual neighbor concern at the CUP hearing: resident Kyle Ashby requested a 15-ft berm with landscaping along 4500 South for noise/visual screening; not imposed; commissioners directed a CUP revisit before west-side
    “Planner Richins read a statement by Kyle Ashby supporting the inclusion of a berm as a condition of the CUP, emphasizing the need to protect nearby residents”
    Local government · July 2025 · grade A
  • Millard County Commission: Public hearing + approval of C-2 Conditional Use Permit Application Z-2025-035 (Fibernet Mercury Delta, LLC) - data center and electrical generating facility, ~4500 E & Hwy 50, Delta
    “Commissioner Wright made a motion to approve the conditional use permit Application #Z-2025-035... The voting was unanimous and the motion carried”
    Local government · July 2025 · grade A
  • Construction stormwater general permit coverage (UPDES): Coverage recorded in EPA ECHO
    “CREEKSTONE ENERGY | DELTA DATA CENTER US-50 TURN LANES | DELTA | UTRC13340 UTRL00746”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • conditional use permit (C-2): public hearing and favorable recommendation
    “PUBLIC HEARING C-2 Conditional Use Permit Application #Z-2025-035 for Data Center and Electrical Generating Facility located at approximately 4500 E & HWY 50 Delta”
    Local government · June 2025 · grade B
  • Millard County Planning Commission: Public hearing + review/possible recommendation: C-2 Conditional Use Permit Application Z-2025-035, data center and electrical generating facility at ~4500 E & Hwy 50, Delta (Fibernet
    “PUBLIC HEARING C-2 Conditional Use Permit Application #Z-2025-035 for Data Center and Electrical Generating Facility located at approximately 4500 E & HWY 50 Delta”
    Local government · June 2025 · grade B
  • Air permit status: No Utah DAQ approval order issued; air permit in final modeling as of July 2026 (Ramboll, for the developer)
    “Ramboll is conducting air-permitting engineering and emissions modeling for the generation facilities. Creekstone said the air permit remained in final modeling.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Trade press reports the air permit is still in final emissions modeling (Ramboll)
    “Ramboll is conducting air-permitting engineering and emissions modeling for the generation facilities. Creekstone said the air permit remained in final modeling”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Millard County Commission: Vote to provide a letter of support for the Creekstone project as part of the state GOEO incentive review
    “The state incentive announcement followed an April 7 vote by the Millard County Commission to provide a letter of support for the project”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • zoning approval (solar): approved (reported)
    “Millard County officials issued zoning approval for the first phase of the project, which involves the development of 1 GW of solar capacity”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Creekstone participated in the Utah Energy Council request for information on the future of the IPP coal units (14 respondents, per Utah News Dispatch via Latitude Media); the state process for a buyer/public-private par
    “Conley said Creekstone participated in the request but expects that finalizing the state process will be long and complex”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Rezoning date: 2025 (Millard County Commission approved rezoning of the campus to Heavy Industrial; ordinance number/date not located)
    “The Millard County Commission has approved two rezoning requests, allowing Creekstone Energy and Joule Capital Partners to both start construction on their campuses”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
  • zone change (rezoning): approved
    “The Millard County Commission has approved two rezoning requests, allowing Creekstone Energy and Joule Capital Partners to both start construction on their campuses”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
Site and other (7)
  • Construction stage filing: site work began Dec 2025
    “Dec. 2025, Creekstone Energy began site work, with electricity production scheduled for 2027”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • Developer: Creekstone Energy LLC
    “Creekstone Energy, LLC”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • Groundbreaking date: Dec. 2025
    “which broke ground in December 2025”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • County code: 49027
    “Millard County, Utah FIPS 49027”
    grade B
  • Construction stage: broke ground dec 2025
    “Creekstone broke ground on the site in December 2025”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Announced: July 2025
    “Conley is CEO of Creekstone Energy, which in July announced plans for the worlds largest AI data center campus in Delta, Utah”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Land control date: 2025 (1,143 acres purchased across 10 parcels, including water rights; parcel purchase dates not disclosed)
    “The company bought 1,200 acres for the Utah project, including water rights”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Maxar via Esri World Imagery Wayback.