Data Centers

The unanimous decision comes after months of debate, public hearings, and impact studies — and just a week after commissioners voted to pause new data center applications for six months.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters talk about the week’s top stories, including Gov. Spencer Cox's picks to fill new Utah Supreme Court seats and Kevin O'Leary's plans to reduce the Stratos data center size.

Utah's Senate President demanded a massive reduction in the project this week after extensive public backlash. O'Leary has blamed pushback on misinformation, but agreed to make the facility smaller.

Shireen and John discuss affordability, the rush to prepare for the United States' semiquincentennial, and the DNC's faulty autopsy of their 2024 presidential campaign.

Several Colorado and Idaho counties have passed moratoriums on data center development, at least for now. Cheyenne, Wyoming, opted to speed ahead.

Utah’s top-ranking lawmaker says he has sent a letter to Kevin O’Leary demanding changes to his plan to build the Stratos data center in Box Elder County.

The proposed Stratos data center project was a recurring topic during the debate between incumbent Rep. Celeste Maloy and former state Rep. Phil Lyman.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters discuss the LDS church tracking system, the sociology of water use, and potential slowing of data centers in one Utah county.

Another water rights application for the massive Stratos Project was withdrawn, but county voters won't get to decide the project's fate. Meanwhile, Iron County is pausing data center applications.

Three weeks after the Box Elder County commission voted in favor of a 40,000 acre data center, Grow the Flow held a public forum to educate Utah residents on what's coming.