Utah Senate President Calls on Kevin O’Leary to Scale Back Data Center by 75%

Utah Senate President Calls for Major Reduction in Scale of Planned Data Center

Amid ongoing outcry over a massive, 40,000-acre data center campus being planned in northern Utah, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams announced that he’s calling for the project to be scaled back dramatically. “I’ve sent a letter directly to Kevin O’Leary calling for a 75% reduction in the proposed data center project area, from 40,000 acres to approximately 10,000 acres,” Adams said in a… Source

Utah Senate president calls on Kevin O’Leary to scale back data center by 75%

Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, oversees work in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on the final night of the legislative session, Friday, March 6, 2026. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)Amid ongoing outcry over a massive, 40,000-acre data center campus being planned in northern Utah, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams announced that he’s calling for the project to be scaled back dramatically.  “I’ve sent …

Utah’s top lawmaker — facing primary challenge and ‘public feedback’ — backpedals on Kevin O’Leary’s data center plan

Following "public feedback and further review" — and weeks before facing multiple GOP primary challengers — the Utah Senate president is calling for the Box Elder data center plan to be scaled back.

Utah fights data center twice the size of Manhattan

Utah fights data center twice the size of Manhattan Katie McKellar Tue, 06/02/2026 - 05:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, oversees work in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on the final night of the legislative session, Friday, March 6, 2026. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) Amid ongoing outcry over a massive, 40,000-acre data center campus being planned in northern…