The company behind a controversial data center proposal at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon has pivoted and is now looking to build in a new warehouse development near Utah Lake.

Volition agreed to move into a 440,000 square-foot warehouse at the Stockman Flats development on Friday morning, CEO Jeff Chavez said. Four days earlier, Spanish Fork City Council amended its zoning to allow for Volition’s 225-megawatt data center and power generation facility, then proposed for the current Canyon Logistics distribution center, at 4000 E. U.S. 6.

The Council had delayed the vote for weeks as residents spoke out against potential environmental impacts of the fuel cell-powered data center, particularly the noise they feared it may produce.

Chavez said that Volition had been eyeing the west-side warehouse site as a potential second location, after building its initial center near the canyon. But, Chavez said, the recently passed amendment allows just one power-generating data center in the city.

This new site, he said, is a “really nice, brand-new square building with a square plot next to it for our power.” The old Fingerhut warehouse, built more than 30 years ago, would have needed renovations.

Plus, Chavez said, this new warehouse is in an industrial zone further away from the city’s residential areas.

“Even though we believe and are extremely confident in our own due diligence on this equipment...,” Chavez said, “we’re happy to remove just the anxiety of that, if we can.”

The requirements, including environmental testing and limits on water use, added to the zoning amendment that Spanish Fork City Council approved last week still apply at this new location.

The company will now go through the city’s regular development process, city spokesperson Jack Urquhart said. This includes submitting a site plan, technical studies and a development agreement.

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