The World's Largest Data Center Was Supposed to Run on 100% Natural Gas. Utah's Republican Governor Says 'never.'

Utah launches transparency tool in response to data center backlash

Utah state officials have launched a new transparency tool focused on the state’s Military Installation Development Authority amid mounting backlash over a massive proposed data center project in Box Elder County. The new “Transparent Utah” dashboard, unveiled by the Utah state auditor’s office, compiles nearly two decades of public records and financial data related to MIDA into a centralized, interactive platform designed to help residents bet…

The world's largest data center was supposed to run on 100% natural gas. Utah's Republican governor says 'never.'

A sprawling, 40,000-acre data center planned for northern Utah has stirred up controversy across the state over the past month, partly because of the pollution it’s expected to contribute to a region that already struggles with smog. Officials with the quasi-governmental Military Installation Development Authority, or MIDA, which approved the project and created tax incentives to spur its development, have become de facto cheerleaders for the da…

The illusion and truth of the Box Elder Stratos data center

Hansel Valley in Box Elder County, Utah, the proposed site of the Stratos Project data center. (Photo courtesy of Elisa Nelson)Western Box Elder County, Utah, is the forefront for one of the most aggressive corporate campaigns through The Stratos Project, a 40,000-acre data center campus. From a corporate governance lens, the project is less about computing and more about a predatory economic model: a ruthless land and utility grab.  The face of…

This former Utah tribal chairman believes Native American burial sites are near the MIDA data center project

Darren Parry panned his camera over the northern Utah desert, where sagebrush and cheatgrass have rooted deep into the sand and the Hansel Mountains mark the horizon like a jagged picture frame.

$100bn Stratos Data Center to Restrategize as Leaders Oppose Plan to Run Campus on Natural Gas Alone

The proposed $100bn Stratos data center will have to restrategize as leaders are opposing plans for the campus to run on natural gas alone. The 40,000-acre data center planned for Northern Utah has been a topic of conversation across the state. One of the main reasons is the pollution many expect it will contribute to […] The post $100bn Stratos Data Center to Restrategize as Leaders Oppose Plan to Run Campus on Natural Gas Alone appeared first …

The world’s largest data center was supposed to run on 100% natural gas. Utah’s Republican governor says ‘never.’

A sprawling, 40,000-acre data center planned for northern Utah has stirred up controversy across the state over the past month, partly because of the pollution it's expected to contribute to a region that already struggles with smog. Officials with the quasi-governmental Military Installation Development Authority, or MIDA, which approved the project and created tax incentives to spur its development, have become de facto cheerleaders for the da…