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The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah

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20 May
The 40,000-acre data center is supposed to establish American AI dominance, but potentially at the expense of environmental damage and a strain on already overtaxed water supplies.

The 40,000-acre data center is supposed to establish American AI dominance, but potentially at the expense of environmental damage and a strain on already overtaxed water

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Child Safety vs. Data Center Dollars

<p>In December 2025, Governor Spencer Cox stood before an audience of government officials, business leaders, and academics at the Utah AI Summit in Salt Lake City and announced a

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Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked

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‘Hyperscale’ data center project in Utah — expected to generate and consume more power than entire state

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A massive <strong>hyperscale data center project</strong> in rural <strong>Box Elder County, Utah</strong>, led by Shark Tank investor Kevin

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