Valar Atomics Project Beehive (BLM land near Price)
Price, Carbon County, UT
A new data center, Valar Atomics Project Beehive (BLM land near Price), has been announced in Price, UT. Early-stage (other). Valar Atomics has applied to the Bureau of Land Management for Project Beehive, a data center complex on more than 9,000 acres of federal land plus about 640 acres of state trust land near Price, powered by roughly 456 small reactors (about 9.6 GW) with fuel production and waste storage; BLM's Utah office is reviewing the application for completeness, and the company earlier dropped a site near Green River. About 9000 acres. About 9600 MW. Not confirmed by the developer or local officials; location approximate. Sources: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-10-06/9000-acre-nuclear-powered-data-center-proposed-on-public-lands-in-utah/ https://morethanjustparks.com/data-center-tracker/valar-atomics-project-beehive-blm-near-price-ut--c2a12725-5834-4abf-9cb7-97a2cee5affe https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/09/24/residents-up-arms-over-carbon/.
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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Records and documentation
Utah state legislation
- HB 76Utah bill mandating water-use reporting and public disclosure for data centers.Download
- HB424 - Revise taxes for class 17 data center propertyRevises the tax treatment of class 17 data center property.Download
- SF4298 - Data center moratorium and PUC reportEstablishes a new moratorium on data centers and requires the Public Utility Commission to submit a report.Download
Site details
- Operator
- Not announced
- County
- Carbon County, UT
- Address
- Price, UT
- Stage
- Announced
Capacity and size: not on file
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Photos
Aerial imageryUSGS The National Map · public domain
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