Idaho data centers: what the public record shows.

These notes name selected records, say which kinds of public evidence were checked and show what remains missing. They do not add anything to the published counts.

• Economic development incentives — Partly checked
  • No public list of certified or provisional data center exemption recipients was located.
  • 2025 HB 315 and 2026 data center tax bills were seen only in search results, not read.
  • Idaho Tax Commission records were not searched.

  Selected records

  • Data Center Sales Tax Exemption program page · Idaho Commerce
• Utility commission and large-load records — Checked
  • The IPC-E-26-25 application itself is posted only as a TIF image and was not yet reviewed directly.
  • Confidential exhibits (the Brisbie ESA and its contract demand schedule) are not public, so no utility-request MW figure could be recorded.
  • Idaho Power's own release announcing the special contract now cannot be retrieved.

  Selected records

  • Case No. IPC-E-21-42 Application for Approval of Special Contract and Tariff Schedule 33 to Provide Electric Service to Brisbie, LLC's Data Center Facility · Idaho Public Utilities Commission
  • Case No. IPC-E-22-29 Application (Pleasant Valley Solar power purchase agreement for the benefit of Brisbie, LLC) · Idaho Public Utilities Commission
  • Case No. IPC-E-24-01 Application (PVS 2 power purchase agreement for the benefit of Brisbie, LLC) · Idaho Public Utilities Commission
• Environmental and construction permits — Partly checked
  • The issued P-2022.0030 permit document itself (with generator ratings) was not located; only the public comment notice was read.
  • DEQ's issued-permits database and IPDES stormwater notices were not swept.
  • No air permit search was possible for the Gemstone or Pocatello proposals.

  Selected records

  • Request a public comment period on a permit application to modify a permit to construct — Brisbie, LLC (P-2022.0030) · Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
  • Permit Activity Type Report, April 2026, Department of Building Safety · City of Nampa
• Local planning, assessor and map records — Partly checked
  • kunacity.id.gov refused connections, so no Kuna ordinance, case number or minutes were read for either the Meta site or Gemstone.
  • pocatello.gov did not respond during review and www.pocatello.gov refused connections, so the hearing examiner decision and council appeal record were not read.
  • No county assessor or GIS parcel records were queried in Ada, Canyon or Bannock counties.

  Selected records

  • Notice of public hearing before the City of Nampa Planning & Zoning Commission, August 26, 2025 · City of Nampa
  • Data Center Ordinance page (180-day moratorium on data center permit applications) · Bannock County
  • City Council agenda, February 1, 2022 (archive item 2806) · City of Kuna
• Tax abatements and development agreements — Partly checked
  • Meta's Kuna development, water and sewer agreements were not obtained (city site unreachable).
  • No urban renewal or PILOT agreement documents were retrieved, only agenda items.
  • Kuna's reported $40 million Diode community contributions were not traced to an agreement document.

  Selected records

  • Pocatello Development Authority meeting agenda, May 20, 2026 · City of Pocatello
• Operator disclosures — Checked
  • Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Oracle and Apple location pages were not checked for Idaho.
  • ValorC3 and ark data centers operator pages were not yet reviewed directly.

  Selected records

  • Kuna, we are online! · Meta
  • United States data center locations · Meta
  • Data center locations · Google
• Open datasets and directories — Checked
  • Directory listings such as Data Center Map and Baxtel were not used.
  • Five tracker leads (ValorC3 Boise 2, ark Boise, FBI Grey Wolf, Deep Atomic INL, Aalo Project Ascension) were not individually examined and so are not research leads.

  Selected records

  • Compute Atlas extract for Idaho (3 records) · Compute Atlas
  • Idaho data center projects tracker · Server Country
  • Project record: T5 Data Centers — Nampa · Server Country
• Closures, withdrawals and former names — Partly checked
  • The city's written denial decision was not retrievable, so the denial rests on news and an urban renewal agenda.
  • Whether Lex Developments filed a further appeal or suit after 2026-07-16 is unresolved.
  • No archived-page sweep was done for renamed or closed Idaho facilities.

  Selected records

  • Pocatello City Council upholds hearing examiner's decision, says "no" to proposed AI data center · LocalNews8 (KIFI)
  • City denies $2.6 billion data center, but developer vows to appeal · BoiseDev
• News and other discovery — Partly checked
  • BoiseDev and Data Center Dynamics could not be retrieved during review, so three relevant articles were not read.
  • A reported second Lex/Portneuf proposal and a Raft River campus discussion could not be verified.
  • the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep partway through this state, limiting further discovery.

  Selected records

  • Another data center in Kuna? City council approves new facility · Idaho Press
  • The Dark Side of Data Centers, Part 3: Outlook for Idaho · Idaho Conservation League
  • Idaho Power seeking approval for large-load special contract · Daily Energy Insider