Draper families on the Utah County side of town will not see a dime of an estimated $14 million annual tax windfall from Meta's Eagle Mountain data center once Alpine School District splits apart next year.

The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday that only one of Alpine's three successor districts, Lake Mountain School District, stands to inherit two massive tax deals with Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. The Utah County portion of Draper lands in a different successor, Aspen Peaks School District, which gets none of that revenue.

The split takes effect July 1, 2027. Utah County voters approved two ballot propositions in 2024 to break up Alpine, which serves more than 80,000 students.

Proposition 11 created Aspen Peaks, covering American Fork, Cedar Hills, Alpine, Highland, Lehi and part of Draper. Proposition 14 formed Lake Mountain, covering Saratoga Springs, Eagle Mountain, Fairfield and Cedar Fort. The leftover areas formed Timpanogos School District, comprising Orem, Lindon, Pleasant Grove and Vineyard.

Two tax deals, one beneficiary

Alpine and other Utah County taxing entities struck two separate tax increment financing (TIF) agreements with Meta to bring and then expand the Eagle Mountain data center. Under a TIF, taxing entities return a share of new property tax revenue to a business for a set period.

The first deal dates to 2018. Alpine agreed to redirect 80% of its share of property tax revenue back to Meta, capped at $150 million over no more than 40 years, according to the Tribune, citing Evan Berrett, Eagle Mountain's director of legislative and strategic services. Once that cap is reached, the district's full share would be an estimated $295,300 a year.

The second deal was struck in November 2025 for a campus expansion. Alpine is redirecting 55% under that agreement, with a cap of $496 million, again over no more than 40 years. When both deals expire, Meta's campus is projected to generate an estimated $14 million in combined additional annual property tax revenue, the Tribune reported.

Because the data center sits inside Lake Mountain's future boundaries, that district's 24 schools will collect all of it, Berrett said, according to the Tribune. Lake Mountain will also be expected to continue participating in the TIF at the same rates.

Draper's position

The Salt Lake County portion of Draper remains in Canyons School District. The Utah County portion is in Alpine for the 2026-27 school year and will transfer to Aspen Peaks on July 1, 2027.

Aspen Peaks, the largest of the three new districts with an estimated 35,000 students and 38 schools, will receive 41.78% of Alpine's non-geographic assets under a transition agreement the three boards approved in late June. Lake Mountain gets 30.16% and Timpanogos gets 28.06%, based on enrollment.

But the Meta tax revenue is geographic. It flows to whichever district contains the data center.

Aspen Peaks spokesperson Rich Stowell told the Tribune the district does not frame the situation as a loss, saying Aspen Peaks "will have many opportunities with businesses in our community."

As part of the 2025 deal, Meta agreed to a one-time $10,000 donation to both Timpanogos and Aspen Peaks, the Tribune reported. Lake Mountain, meanwhile, has already secured a $600,000 Meta donation to buy about three acres for a future elementary school, a $1.5 million donation to the Lake Mountain Education Foundation, and an annual $50,000 contribution, according to an Eagle Mountain City announcement on Sept. 14.

The three new districts officially begin operations July 1, 2027. Families in the Utah County portion of Draper can confirm which school their address is assigned to through the Aspen Peaks district.