Iron County Monitor

An independent, public-records-based look at Cedar City and Iron County, Utah: local government and the energy infrastructure being proposed and permitted around us.

Every fact here is sourced. Each one is marked Verified or Unverified. Figures we calculated ourselves are marked Computed, and documents from non-government hosts are marked Third-party copy. If you find an error, tell us and we'll correct it, with a note saying what changed.

Latest: On Oct 26, 2026, the Iron County Commission voted to repeal the data center moratorium and adopt new data center rules (Salt Lake Tribune, Oct 27, 2026).

Topics

• Data Centers: Power Plants & Emissions: on-site gas engine plants for data centers in Iron and Millard counties, with engine counts, permitted emissions, cooling and gaps in the record.
• More topics coming

Last updated October 27, 2026.