Project dossier · Duchesne County, Utah

Energence Utah Digital Infrastructure Campus In review

Massive 5,046-acre multi-use campus with 475-acre data center area (expandable to 1,000+ acres), 200-acre energy center, and ~1,440 acres of solar. Targets 100 MW by Year 2, 700 MW by Year 4, up to 1.2 GW firm / 1.9 GW total by Year 6. Senmiao Technology (NASDAQ: AIHS) entered a non-binding LOI for $5M staged investment for 51% equity in Energence Utah. Campus already has active conditional-use permits and 100,000 MMBTU/day gas commitment. Very early stage (LOI, not binding) and highly speculative given micro-cap sponsor.

Key facts

Operator
Senmiao Technology / Energence Utah LLC
Owner
Energence Utah LLC
Filing LLC
Energence Utah LLC
Size
1,200 MW
Acres
5,046
Location
Duchesne County, Utah
First proposed
2026-08-11
Stage today
In review

Source
read 2026-08-14

What to do next

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

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What has happened so far (4 events)

  • 2026-03-20incentive
    Utah Inland Port Authority Board officially adopted the 2,780-acre Black Gold Project Area in Duchesne County and Roosevelt City, creating an economic development zone that the Energence Utah campus would later cite as its location. · source
  • 2026-08-11announcement
    Senmiao Technology enters LOI for $5M investment for 51% stake in Energence Utah; 100 MW targeted in initial 2-year phase. · source
  • 2026-08-12coverage
    Pulse 2.0 reported additional details from the LOI: the 5,046-acre campus already holds active conditional-use permits for the data campus, gas generation, energy storage, and solar PV, and has secured an initial natural gas commitment of 100,000 MMBTU per day, with Elio Energy Group serving as the development services provider. · source
  • 2026-08-14filing
    Senmiao Technology filed its 10-Q with the SEC disclosing that starting in 2026 the company began evaluating expansion into AI infrastructure, appointed David Nichols as strategic advisor for power infrastructure and capital formation, and in July 2026 formed Nebula Matrix AI LLC (90% owned) with Constant Energy Construction Corp. to develop AI data centers in the U.S. · source

Find the paper trail

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Utah Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.160, -110.400 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

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Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “Energence Utah Digital Infrastructure Campus”, aigridwatch.com/projects/energence-utah-duchesne-county, retrieved 2026-10-11.

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