Data Center Registry
Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA)
Layton, Davis County, Utah · Every MARA Holdings case on our tracker
Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA) is an operating crypto mining site in Layton, Utah (Davis County), operated by Nodal Power with MARA Holdings. The public record puts it at 0.27 MW operating.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Nodal Power with MARA Holdings
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Layton, Davis County, UT
- Coordinates
- 41.0602, -111.9711 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 0.27 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Other
- 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
- No reception on record
- 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.
- September 27, 2023OperatingPilot began; report covers first 240 days through May 24, 2024 Source: Bitcoin Magazine
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of November 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA) in Layton, Davis County, Utah appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Power and water
Landfill-gas-fired generator, off-grid.
Notes on the record
Off-grid pilot at the Davis landfill (Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District) next to Hill AFB. Landfill methane runs a generator that powers MARA's miners in Nodal Power's data center. About 92% uptime was reported over the first 240 days. Operation after May 2024 is not verified. The pin is the Layton city point.
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- 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.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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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.
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- Flexential Salt Lake City - Downtown · Salt Lake City · Flexential21 mi · Operating · 2.65 MW
- Lumen Salt Lake City Sites (Salt Lake 1, 2 and 4) · Salt Lake City · Lumen21 mi · Operating · 6 MW
- Unisys Salt Lake City · Salt Lake City · Unisys21 mi · Operating · 1 MW
- Oracle Salt Lake City · Salt Lake City · Oracle22 mi · Operating
- Senawave Salt Lake City · West Valley City · Senawave24 mi · Operating
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA) data center in Layton?
Nothing on record as of November 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA) in Layton, Davis County, Utah appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA) data center?
No lawsuit over Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA) appears in the record we track as of November 2, 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 Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA) 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 Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA), and how big is it?
Nodal Power with MARA Holdings is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 0.27 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Davis Landfill Bitcoin Mining Pilot (Nodal Power / MARA)," updated November 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/nodal-power-mara-davis-landfill-layton-ut.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.35.1 (November 2, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/nodal-power-mara-davis-landfill-layton-ut, retrieved November 5, 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.Bitcoin mining gobbles electricity. This Utah project could reduce its environmental impact. · The Salt Lake Tribune · retrieved November 2, 2026
- 2.Report: Bitcoin an economically viable approach to reduce landfill emissions · Bitcoin Magazine · retrieved November 2, 2026
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