Provo

The third-largest city in Utah, Provo is located 43 miles south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and is the largest city in Utah County. With a population at the 2010 census of 112,488, Provo is the principal city in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area, which has a population of 526,810. It is the third-largest metro area in the state behind Salt Lake City and Ogden-Clearfield. The city is home to Brigham Young University, a private higher education institution, which is operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The city is a key operational center for Novell and has been a focus area for technology development in Utah. The city is also home to the Peaks Ice Arena, which served as a venue for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. Sundance Resort is located 13 miles northeast in Provo Canyon.

On April 17, 2013, Provo announced that it would be the third metropolitan area in the United States to have Google Fiber, by purchasing an existing city-owned fiber optic network.