Letter: Kudos to All Who Came Out to Protest the Box Elder County Data Center

Letter: Kudos to all who came out to protest the Box Elder County data center

According to a Tribune report on May 6, “Kevin O’Leary says data center campus protesters were ‘bused in’ from out of state.”

Outrage over Kevin O’Leary’s 40,000 acre data center in Utah – as nation says NIMBY

A massive outcry in Box Elder County, Utah after a three-person county commission unanimously approved construction of a massive “hyperscale” data center that opponents worry could lead to devastating impacts. What happened in Box Elder County and its newly approved 40,000 acre data center? And what does it point to for the rest of the...

‘I seek to do better,’ Cox says after heated comments on Box Elder County data center

Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at the PBS Utah Governor’s Monthly News Conference at the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Pool photo by Kristin Murphy/Deseret News)After deep criticism over Gov. Spencer Cox’s past comments chastising opponents of a massive data center proposed in northern Utah, the governor made new accountability and environmental promises for the development — and said he’ll aim to live up to “d…

Hundreds cry out as Box Elder commissioners wave in massive data center

Alixel Cabrera | Utah News Dispatch Amid boos and screams from hundreds of community members, Box Elder County commissioners unanimously approved two resolutions in support of a 40,000-acre data center campus proposed for an unincorporated site in the county. About 1,100 people filled the fairgrounds’ fine arts building after rallying outside. Commissioners had moved the meeting to a larger space, but when the group became rowdy, they made thei…