Proposed World's Largest AI Data Center in Utah May Dump 23 Atomic Bombs Worth of Heat Each Day
The project would use about 9 gigawatts of power and could produce 30.2 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, Utah Clean Energy estimated.
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Utah's Data Center: Wrong place, wrong fuel, wrong deal
Without a public vote, independent environmental review, or any standard process, Utah approved a 9-gigawatt data center that would more than double our state’s energy use. Canadian investor Kevin O’Leary touted how easy it was to make this deal with Utah, and that should concern all of us. What happened to due diligence or public comment? In bypassing checks and balances, this rush has undermined the state’s commitment to save the Great Salt La…
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH- Hundreds of people, carrying banners and chanting slogans, gathered on Saturday at Utah Capitol to protest the construction of a data center campus in the rural area of Box Elder County, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. An alliance of more than a dozen environmental and community groups, from Salt Lake Indivisible and Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment to Sierra Club Utah and Center for Biological Diversity, helpe…
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