DataBank Salt Lake City SLC4 — Bluffdale Data Center

DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC4) is a data center operated by DataBank in Bluffdale, UT, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Bluffdale data-center market on the WECC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 16.3-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.

Status
Operational
Market
Bluffdale
State
UT
Country
US

Market intelligence

CAUTION

Data Center Power Index verdict for Bluffdale — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Bluffdale — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Bluffdale remains an underdeveloped market with zero operational megawatts across 13 tracked facilities, signaling either early-stage infrastructure build or stalled project deployment. The market's power positioning scores reveal structural tension: an excess-power DCPI rating of 53/100 suggests available grid capacity, but a constraint score of 40/100 indicates real bottlenecks in transmission or interconnection infrastructure. This disconnect—adequate generation paired with distribution friction—creates a cautionary profile for capital deployment. The facility count of 13 with zero MW suggests most tracked sites are either pre-operational, under construction, or in early permitting phases rather than revenue-generating assets. The CAUTION verdict warrants disciplined rather than dismissive positioning. Markets with balanced or slightly elevated constraint scores 40/100 typically face…

Location

Area Bluffdale, UT, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketBluffdale
Grid operatorWECC
Data Center Power IndexCAUTION
Est. time to power16.3 months
LocationBluffdale, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC4) in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

DataBankFIBERSTATEUtah.io

Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 16 operating generating units totalling 2,568 MW within about 50 km of Bluffdale, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas2,010 MW · 9 units · 78%
Utility-Scale Solar536 MW · 4 units · 21%
Wind22 MW · 3 units · 1%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Other data centers nearby

Comparable facilities in Bluffdale tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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