A gigawatt-scale data centre campus has been proposed for Millard County, Utah, USA. It is being developed by Joule Capital Partners, with Caterpillar prominent among the scheme’s partners and CAT dealer Wheeler Machinery also involved. The companies have signalled a strategic partnership to meet the growing demand for AI and high-performance computing infrastructure, with Caterpillar and Wheeler providing ongoing service and support.
The campus would in due course provide 4 GW of power to the intermountain West region, including “groundbreaking prime power and integrated combined cooling heat and power solutions with a by-design liquid cooling architecture,” according to the companies involved. It is to be powered by a fleet of Caterpillar’s G3520K generator sets and support equipment – controls, switchgear, inverters – as well as 1.1 GWh of battery storage, the whole designed specifically for high-density AI computing needs.
“Speed to Market – No waiting on Public Utilities,” is the Joule watchwordm as described on the project’s website. “This project represents the core of Joule’s mission – to deliver artificial intelligence (AI) ready compute capacity by pairing world-class data centre campuses with reliable, on-demand power,” said David Gray, president of Joule Capital Partners.
The date centre campus, which covers 4000 acres, could begin operating by 2026. A re-zoning request to pave the way for the project was approved by the Millard County Commission during the week of 5 August.
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