At full buildout, the data center campus will use more than twice as much power as the entire state of Utah.
Tremonton • Utah’s sprawling “hyperscale” data center is a go.
After delaying its decision by a week, the three-member Box Elder County Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve the massive energy and data campus backed by Utah’s Military Installation Development Authority and celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary.
MIDA approved the project late last month. The commission’s vote allows MIDA to create the project area — which is mostly made up of privately owned, unincorporated land within the county — where it can offer an array of incentives to the developer...
After delaying its decision by a week, the three-member Box Elder County Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve the massive energy and data campus backed by Utah’s Military Installation Development Authority and celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary.
MIDA approved the project late last month. The commission’s vote allows MIDA to create the project area — which is mostly made up of privately owned, unincorporated land within the county — where it can offer an array of incentives to the developer...
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RSK: Same objections to data centers across the country. But in Utah, seems most had answers to objections and the land is privately owned by many different people.
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