Can Unreal Engine utilize a render farm?

Yes it’s possible with Swarm Agent! I bought a 2nd pc to boost my lighting build times!

UE3 doc, because the one for UE4 isn’t there yet. Still valid informations

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/Swarm.html

Setup tutorial for UE4 :

https://iamsparky.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/tutorial-setting-up-swarm-for-multiple-machines/