A 9-Gigawatt Data Centre Outraged a Utah Community. The Governor Just Issued New Rules.
Gov. Spencer Cox set eight new principles for future permits, including stronger water and ratepayer protections, as the 40,000-acre project faced backlash.
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Massive 40,000-acre data center sparks uproar in Utah as governor says it will never run solely on natural gas
A proposed 40,000-acre data center campus in northern Utah continues to draw fierce resistance, as residents and environmental advocates question how it would be powered, as Grist reported. The discourse centers on what the power source could mean for air quality, water supplies, and climate pollution near the Great Salt Lake. What's happening? After weeks of growing criticism, Grist detailed how Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is now trying to put some …
How early did Utah’s governor know about the Box Elder data center plan?
As controversy grows around celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s proposed hyperscale data center in Box Elder County, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has lambasted its rollout as “not good,” saying both his office and lawmakers should have been involved in the decision to “make sure people understand what’s actually happening out there.”
A 9-gigawatt data centre outraged a Utah community. The governor just issued new rules.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed an executive order on Friday establishing a “higher bar for data center development” in the state. The order is effective immediately. It follows months of community outrage over the Stratos Project, a 40,000-acre hyperscale data centre campus backed by “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary that could reach 9 gigawatts of […] This story continues at The Next Web
Sutherland Institute releases statement on Gov. Cox's executive order on data centers - Utah Policy
Today, Sutherland Institute released the following statement from Ford Copple regarding Governor Cox’s executive order on data centers: “We commend Governor Spencer Cox for today’s executive order on data center infrastructure. Utah has an opportunity to lead the nation by embracing the economic and technological benefits of AI and data centers and being good stewards of energy, water, and air quality. The executive order reflects the public po…
'Shark Tank' Star Kevin O'Leary Claims, Without Providing Evidence, That Chinese Are Fueling Protests Against His 40K-Acre Utah Data Center
Kevin O’Leary, the Canadian billionaire and Shark Tank star, claimed that investors linked to China fueled protests against a proposed 40,000-acre data center he hopes to build in northwestern Utah. O’Leary made this claim about the, as he called them, “nefarious” Chinese-linked investors behind the protests, but failed to offer definitive evidence to support his accusations. In addition to the Shark Tank star, several think tanks that support t…
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