Data-center buildout in Utah, as reported

Press coverage of data center siting, power, water, and subsidies in Utah, each story tagged with the track it covers and the jurisdictions it names. 25 stories

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Oct 10 Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah speaks out over Iron County proposal on data center land overlays
Yahoo
Oct 9 Box Elder and Iron have been busy as county data center pauses start to run out
NPR Utah | KUERalso carried by 1 other outlet
Oct 8 Iron County data center rules to face public hearing as residents, tribal leaders seek delay
St. George News
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Oct 7 900+ Tooele residents sign letter to not approve data center ordinance draft
KSL Newsalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Oct 7 Stratos fight continues in court as national data center tour visits Box Elder County
Box Elder News Journal ($)
Oct 5 Logan to hold second data center open house Oct. 5
The Utah Statesman
Oct 1 How Utah locals fought Kevin O’Leary’s AI data center
The Verge ($)
Oct 1 Box Elder County data center plans quietly edging ahead though debate has died down
KSL.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
Oct 1 The People of Utah vs. Kevin O’Leary
The Verge ($)
Sep 30 A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
npr.org
Sep 29 Removing the ‘anxiety’: Data center won’t be built at mouth of Utah canyon
sltrib.com
Sep 26 Volition moves proposed Spanish Fork data center location after resident concerns
KSL.com
Sep 25 Developer eyes ‘GoldMine’ data center project in Fairfield, near Eagle Mountain’s Meta campus
News From The Statesalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Sep 25 Tech Giants Step Up Geothermal Investments as Fervo Energy Hits First Grid-Connection Milestone
NAI500
Sep 24 Will a data center join the wind turbines at Spanish Fork Canyon? The city just cleared a path.
sltrib.com
Sep 24 2 big data centers are coming to Utah’s coal country. How they’ll be powered has residents ‘up in arms.’
sltrib.com
Sep 24 Spanish Fork City Council approves changes to city code for data centers
KSL.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Sep 23 Eagle Mountain rezoning for possible data center draws little opposition
KSL.com
Sep 18 Daily news: Iron County is making new rules while data center development is paused
Utah Public Radio
Sep 18 Salt Lake County hit pause on data centers. Here is when they may be back on the table.
The Salt Lake Tribune
Sep 17 Iron County’s moratorium on data centers ends in 2 months. Here’s what it plans to do after.
The Salt Lake Tribune
Sep 15 Meta Expands Eagle Mountain Data Center, Utah
Hoodline
Sep 15 A fight over one word could help decide whether Box Elder voters get a say on Stratos data center complex
sltrib.com
Sep 14 A Utah county OK’d a data center campus the size of 20 Costcos. Neighbors say they were left ‘in the dark.’
The Salt Lake Tribunealso carried by 1 other outlet
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Sep 11 Clearfield leaders OK 180-day moratorium on data center development
KSL News
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