Copia Snake River Energy Data Center (BLM land)
Jerome County, ID
Copia Power has announced Copia Snake River Energy Data Center (BLM land), a data center project in Jerome County, ID. Early-stage (other). Copia has applied to the Bureau of Land Management for the Snake River Energy Data Center, a data center with solar arrays, battery storage and transmission on federal land spanning Jerome, Lincoln and Gooding counties in southern Idaho; it was entering environmental review as of September 2026 with no approved federal timeline. Not confirmed by the developer or local officials; location approximate. Sources: https://idahocapitalsun.com/?p=32401 https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/29/data-centers-proposed-federal-land-eastern-oregon/.
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
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Idaho state legislation
- HB 911Idaho bill requiring a 'no harm' test before utilities can serve new large loads of 50+ MW.Download
- HB496 - Certain data from water users; water use consumption reporting for data centersRequires reporting of water use consumption data from data centers.Download
- H0897 - Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a certain property tax exemption for certain capital investments.Description comingDownload
- H0609 - Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a property tax exemption for certain capital investments.Description comingDownload
- H0820 - Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a certain property tax exemption for certain capital investments.Description comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Copia Power
- County
- Jerome County, ID
- Address
- Jerome County, ID
- Stage
- Announced
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