In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...
One of the world’s biggest data center projects was designed to be nearly three times the size of Manhattan, stretching across multiple Utah sites. But intense local backlash in Box Elder County has ...
SALT LAKE CITY — As the Box Elder County data center debate simmers, another application to transfer water rights to the development has emerged, along with renderings depicting what the sprawling ...
The center, backed by Canadian billionaire Kevin O'Leary, has faced relentless pushback from communities near the proposed ...