Data Centers

AI data centers in the Phoenix area use relatively little water on site, but they use lots of electricity, which takes a lot of water to generate.

The unanimous decision came despite opposition from the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah. In other news, Utah Valley University hired its first-ever chief safety officer a year after Charlie Kirk's death.

The $105 million donation will go toward conservation, research, and a new visitor center. However, skeptics question the donating company's ties to pipelines and data centers in Wyoming.

Geothermal could offer more renewable energy to the West, including data centers. However, most new geothermal technologies need water to produce that power, which could compound existing challenges.

Logan city officials are trying to decide when and where people should be able to build data centers. Here’s what they have so far.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week's news, including Tim Ballard accusing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of excommunicating him to hide child abuse within the faith.

Data center developers are reportedly eyeing federal land in at least six western states, including Utah. One such data center in Nevada has been temporarily halted after pushback from locals.

In other news, the Navajo Nation was hit with deadly flash flooding this week. And, the Natural History Museum of Utah is holding an all-ages dinosaur art contest.

The Hualapai Tribe said hyperscale data centers threaten its sacred water, lands, environment, and way of life. Some of its neighbors are similarly worried about development.

Some fear communities will absorb the utility costs of data centers while somebody else gets the benefit. Most respondents said they'd be more supportive if developers offset their costs instead.