Why it matters
The strategic read
Adds the smaller but still gigawatt-class counterpart to Utah's Stratos megacampus story. Antelope is not yet a customer-backed AI lease or financing receipt, but the county permit milestone shows local authorities clearing another power-first data-campus model where on-site gas generation, closed-loop cooling, rural land use and community acceptance become the scarce execution variables before GPUs or tenants are even named.
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What was disclosed
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Pronghorn Development announced on June 10, 2026 that it secured a conditional use permit from local officials to construct the Antelope Data Campus in Iron County, Utah.
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DCD reported on June 12, 2026 that Iron County commissioners voted in favor of the proposal at a June 4 Planning Commission meeting.
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The project is planned for roughly 640 acres along Antelope Springs Road, approximately 7.8 miles west of Iron Springs Road near Cedar City.
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Iron County public notice materials describe the application as one conditional use permit for both a data center and a data center power plant.
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The campus plan covers five buildings totaling approximately 1.35M sq ft, or about 125,000 square meters.
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The on-site natural-gas generation plant is described as scalable up to 1.5 GW at full buildout.
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County and DCD materials say the data center would use a closed-loop cooling system.
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Pronghorn said the project is designed around water-efficient technology, local outreach, environmental safeguards and long-term local economic impact.
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DCD said Iron County materials estimate about 670 direct jobs across information technology, power engineering, facility management, security and administration.
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The conditional use permit advances the project from proposal review into a permitted local path, but does not by itself disclose a tenant, power offtake, financing close or construction notice to proceed.
Disclosure boundary
What is known—and what is not
Primary Pronghorn news release hosted by UtahPolicy, DCD reporting and Iron County public notice materials. Public details disclose the conditional use permit milestone, developer, site area, building count and square footage, planned 1.5 GW on-site gas-generation scale, cooling approach and local job estimates. Public materials do not disclose tenant or AI customer identities, capex, financing, power-generation vendor, gas-supply contract, interconnection/export terms, EPC awards, environmental permit completion, water rights, phased construction schedule, compute/GPU plan, lease economics or a final notice to proceed.