Data centers in Idaho
Every site we track in Idaho, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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Count22sites tracked (15 operating, 1 under construction, 6 announced)
Single-site maximum1,600largest sourced construction figure at one site (1 site sourced; not added up)
Single siteabout 100permanent jobs committed or forecast at 1 site, not yet confirmed as filled
Single site$1.2 billionannounced investment at 1 site
Sites in Idaho
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Kuna Data Center Meta | Ada | Operating | 1,600 | about 100 |
| Ark Data Centers Boise (fka Involta) Ark Data Centers (formerly Involta) | Ada | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| CRALIDXX, Coeur d'Alene Central Office Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Centeris Boise (former HP / DataSite data center) Centeris (The Benaroya Company) | Ada | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Deep Atomic MK60 Nuclear-Powered AI Data Center Campus (Idaho National Laboratory) Deep Atomic | Announced | not stated | not stated | |
| FBI Grey Wolf Data Center Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S. Department of Justice) | Bannock | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Family History Center Owner not yet confirmed | Bear Lake | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Gemstone Technology Park Diode Ventures | Ada | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| GeoBitmine Bingham County Facility GeoBitmine | Bingham | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Idaho National Laboratory Collaborative Computing Center (C3) Idaho National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy) | Bonneville | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Lumen Boise (Level(3) Boise) Lumen Technologies | Ada | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Neutron Coeur d'Alene Neutron LLC | Kootenai | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| OrbitCom Coeur d'Alene Data Center OrbitCom | Kootenai | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Peak Digital Solutions, Orofino Facility T-REX Acquisition Corp (Peak Digital Solutions LLC) | Clearwater | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Rhea Data Blacks Creek Campus Rhea Data (subsidiary of Arevia Power) | Ada | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Syringa Networks Boise Syringa Networks | Ada | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| T5 Nampa T5 Data Centers | Canyon | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| TerraVolt Southeast Idaho Data Center Campus (Raft River) TerraVolt Infrastructure, Inc. (subsidiary of CalEthos, Inc.) | Cassia | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Tonaquint Data Center, Boise ID Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| ValorC3 Boise 2 ValorC3 Data Centers | Ada | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
Show all 22 sites
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VentureData Owner not yet confirmed | Madison | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| ark data centers, Boise, ID Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in Idaho: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No signed incentive record for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
No signed incentive agreement for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
Your officials in Idaho
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
James E. Risch R
U.S. Senator · 22 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-224-2752 · Contact form
Michael K. Simpson R
U.S. Representative · ID-2 · 14 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-5531