Data Center Registry
Gemstone Technology Park
Kuna, Ada County, Idaho
Gemstone Technology Park is a proposed data center in Kuna, Idaho (Ada County), operated by Diode Ventures. The public record puts it at 620 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Diode Ventures
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 3250 S Locust Grove Rd, Kuna, Ada County, ID
- Coordinates
- 43.4455, -116.3734 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 620 acres
- Investment
- $1 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- April 2025ProposedKuna City Council approved rezoning the 620-acre site from agricultural to M-1 light industrial in a 3-2 vote. Source: Idaho Press
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Gemstone Technology Park in Kuna, Ada County, Idaho is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Kuna City Council approved rezoning the site from agricultural to M-1 light industrial in a 3-2 vote on 2025-04-01, with Mayor Joe Stear breaking the tie.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Kuna City Council approved rezoning the site from agricultural to M-1 light industrial in a 3-2 vote on 2025-04-01, with Mayor Joe Stear breaking the tie. Design review approval is still required before construction. Diode Ventures agreed to community payments including $500,000 to the Kuna School District and $10 million over 20 years to the Kuna Police Department, with a Kuna Rural Fire District agreement reported in progress.
Notes on the record
Diode Ventures (a Black & Veatch subsidiary) states on its own project page that the project 'will require more than $1 billion in private investment'; recorded here as the stated investment floor, not a confirmed total. No MW capacity was disclosed in either source fetched. Diode Ventures describes the project as 'early development' with up to five buildings planned. Distinct from the existing Meta Kuna Data Center (14375 S Cole Rd) already in this dataset. Coordinates set 2026-09-12 from the OpenStreetMap building POI at 3250 S Locust Grove Road. The US Census geocoder returns a point 1.6 km north for the same address; both agree on street and ZIP, and a mapped building beats an address-range interpolation, but for a 620-acre campus treat the pin as site-level regardless.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Meta Kuna Data Center · Kuna · Meta4 mi · Under construction · Supported
- T5 Nampa · Nampa · T5 Data Centers12 mi · Permitted
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Gemstone Technology Park data center in Kuna?
Yes. Gemstone Technology Park in Kuna, Ada County, Idaho is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Kuna City Council approved rezoning the site from agricultural to M-1 light industrial in a 3-2 vote on 2025-04-01, with Mayor Joe Stear breaking the tie.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Gemstone Technology Park data center?
No lawsuit over Gemstone Technology Park appears in the record we track as of September 12, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Gemstone Technology Park use?
No water withdrawal figure for Gemstone Technology Park is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Gemstone Technology Park, and how big is it?
Diode Ventures is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 620 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Gemstone Technology Park," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/diode-ventures-gemstone-kuna-id.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/diode-ventures-gemstone-kuna-id, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Another data center in Kuna? City council approves new facility · Idaho Press · retrieved September 12, 2026
- 2.Kuna, Idaho, USA, Gemstone Technology Park · Diode Ventures · retrieved September 12, 2026
- 3.OpenStreetMap way/761896168 to 3250, South Locust Grove Road, Kuna · OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved September 12, 2026
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