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  1. New filing stirs #GreatSaltLake fears as giant #Utah #DataCenter comes into view, eyes water needs

    by Jennifer Green
    Thu, May 21, 2026

    "A new #WaterRights filing tied to a proposed #MegaDatacenter in northern Utah is renewing fears about the future of the Great Salt Lake, just as new renderings offer the clearest look yet at what the massive development could become.

    "What's happening?

    "A proposal connected to the #BoxElderCounty data center project seeks to transfer 11 acre-feet of water from an unnamed spring in #HanselValley, KSL reported.

    "That marks a steep drop from a previous 1,900-acre-foot application that was withdrawn May 7 after prompting around 3,800 protests.

    [...]

    "The proposal is facing intense scrutiny because the Great Salt Lake is already under strain from long-term water shortages, and data centers can consume huge amounts of both electricity and water.

    "Critics worry that even relatively small individual filings could add up over time if the development expands toward its full vision, which includes 7.5 to 9 gigawatts of power-producing capacity."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/articles/filing

    #WaterIsLife #ThermalPollution
    #HeatGeneration #Drought #GreatSaltLake #Environment #EnvironmentalCatastrophe
    #UtahPol #Datacenters
    #DatacentersSuck #SharkTank
    #AISucks

  2. New filing stirs #GreatSaltLake fears as giant #Utah #DataCenter comes into view, eyes water needs

    by Jennifer Green
    Thu, May 21, 2026

    "A new #WaterRights filing tied to a proposed #MegaDatacenter in northern Utah is renewing fears about the future of the Great Salt Lake, just as new renderings offer the clearest look yet at what the massive development could become.

    "What's happening?

    "A proposal connected to the #BoxElderCounty data center project seeks to transfer 11 acre-feet of water from an unnamed spring in #HanselValley, KSL reported.

    "That marks a steep drop from a previous 1,900-acre-foot application that was withdrawn May 7 after prompting around 3,800 protests.

    [...]

    "The proposal is facing intense scrutiny because the Great Salt Lake is already under strain from long-term water shortages, and data centers can consume huge amounts of both electricity and water.

    "Critics worry that even relatively small individual filings could add up over time if the development expands toward its full vision, which includes 7.5 to 9 gigawatts of power-producing capacity."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/articles/filing

    #WaterIsLife #ThermalPollution
    #HeatGeneration #Drought #GreatSaltLake #Environment #EnvironmentalCatastrophe
    #UtahPol #Datacenters
    #DatacentersSuck #SharkTank
    #AISucks

  3. New filing stirs #GreatSaltLake fears as giant #Utah #DataCenter comes into view, eyes water needs

    by Jennifer Green
    Thu, May 21, 2026

    "A new #WaterRights filing tied to a proposed #MegaDatacenter in northern Utah is renewing fears about the future of the Great Salt Lake, just as new renderings offer the clearest look yet at what the massive development could become.

    "What's happening?

    "A proposal connected to the #BoxElderCounty data center project seeks to transfer 11 acre-feet of water from an unnamed spring in #HanselValley, KSL reported.

    "That marks a steep drop from a previous 1,900-acre-foot application that was withdrawn May 7 after prompting around 3,800 protests.

    [...]

    "The proposal is facing intense scrutiny because the Great Salt Lake is already under strain from long-term water shortages, and data centers can consume huge amounts of both electricity and water.

    "Critics worry that even relatively small individual filings could add up over time if the development expands toward its full vision, which includes 7.5 to 9 gigawatts of power-producing capacity."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/articles/filing

    #WaterIsLife #ThermalPollution
    #HeatGeneration #Drought #GreatSaltLake #Environment #EnvironmentalCatastrophe
    #UtahPol #Datacenters
    #DatacentersSuck #SharkTank
    #AISucks

  4. New filing stirs #GreatSaltLake fears as giant #Utah #DataCenter comes into view, eyes water needs

    by Jennifer Green
    Thu, May 21, 2026

    "A new #WaterRights filing tied to a proposed #MegaDatacenter in northern Utah is renewing fears about the future of the Great Salt Lake, just as new renderings offer the clearest look yet at what the massive development could become.

    "What's happening?

    "A proposal connected to the #BoxElderCounty data center project seeks to transfer 11 acre-feet of water from an unnamed spring in #HanselValley, KSL reported.

    "That marks a steep drop from a previous 1,900-acre-foot application that was withdrawn May 7 after prompting around 3,800 protests.

    [...]

    "The proposal is facing intense scrutiny because the Great Salt Lake is already under strain from long-term water shortages, and data centers can consume huge amounts of both electricity and water.

    "Critics worry that even relatively small individual filings could add up over time if the development expands toward its full vision, which includes 7.5 to 9 gigawatts of power-producing capacity."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/articles/filing

    #WaterIsLife #ThermalPollution
    #HeatGeneration #Drought #GreatSaltLake #Environment #EnvironmentalCatastrophe
    #UtahPol #Datacenters
    #DatacentersSuck #SharkTank
    #AISucks

  5. New filing stirs #GreatSaltLake fears as giant #Utah #DataCenter comes into view, eyes water needs

    by Jennifer Green
    Thu, May 21, 2026

    "A new #WaterRights filing tied to a proposed #MegaDatacenter in northern Utah is renewing fears about the future of the Great Salt Lake, just as new renderings offer the clearest look yet at what the massive development could become.

    "What's happening?

    "A proposal connected to the #BoxElderCounty data center project seeks to transfer 11 acre-feet of water from an unnamed spring in #HanselValley, KSL reported.

    "That marks a steep drop from a previous 1,900-acre-foot application that was withdrawn May 7 after prompting around 3,800 protests.

    [...]

    "The proposal is facing intense scrutiny because the Great Salt Lake is already under strain from long-term water shortages, and data centers can consume huge amounts of both electricity and water.

    "Critics worry that even relatively small individual filings could add up over time if the development expands toward its full vision, which includes 7.5 to 9 gigawatts of power-producing capacity."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/articles/filing

    #WaterIsLife #ThermalPollution
    #HeatGeneration #Drought #GreatSaltLake #Environment #EnvironmentalCatastrophe
    #UtahPol #Datacenters
    #DatacentersSuck #SharkTank
    #AISucks

  6. As the "supercharged" construction of new data centers to power artificial intelligence blankets the country, a growing resistance movement to these massive corporate projects amid a lack of public oversight is not far behind. #OLeary #BoxelderCounty #DataCenters #water youtube.com/watch?v=KBzy...

    Astra Taylor on AI Data Center...

  7. @stephenwolf.bsky.social
    Yep. They cannot stand that diluting rural votes by cracking #SaltLakeCity into all four US House districts frustrated rural GOP voters enough to vote for an independent redistricting commission.

    This is just their latest action in the war to wrestling power back from the people.

    This plus the recent #BoxElderCounty #AI humongous data center.

    Eventually #Utahns are going to clue in and stop voting GOP.
    #utpol #Utah #gerrymandering

  8. @stephenwolf.bsky.social
    Yep. They cannot stand that diluting rural votes by cracking #SaltLakeCity into all four US House districts frustrated rural GOP voters enough to vote for an independent redistricting commission.

    This is just their latest action in the war to wrestling power back from the people.

    This plus the recent #BoxElderCounty #AI humongous data center.

    Eventually #Utahns are going to clue in and stop voting GOP.
    #utpol #Utah #gerrymandering

  9. @stephenwolf.bsky.social
    Yep. They cannot stand that diluting rural votes by cracking #SaltLakeCity into all four US House districts frustrated rural GOP voters enough to vote for an independent redistricting commission.

    This is just their latest action in the war to wrestling power back from the people.

    This plus the recent #BoxElderCounty #AI humongous data center.

    Eventually #Utahns are going to clue in and stop voting GOP.
    #utpol #Utah #gerrymandering

  10. @stephenwolf.bsky.social
    Yep. They cannot stand that diluting rural votes by cracking #SaltLakeCity into all four US House districts frustrated rural GOP voters enough to vote for an independent redistricting commission.

    This is just their latest action in the war to wrestling power back from the people.

    This plus the recent #BoxElderCounty #AI humongous data center.

    Eventually #Utahns are going to clue in and stop voting GOP.
    #utpol #Utah #gerrymandering

  11. @stephenwolf.bsky.social
    Yep. They cannot stand that diluting rural votes by cracking #SaltLakeCity into all four US House districts frustrated rural GOP voters enough to vote for an independent redistricting commission.

    This is just their latest action in the war to wrestling power back from the people.

    This plus the recent #BoxElderCounty #AI humongous data center.

    Eventually #Utahns are going to clue in and stop voting GOP.
    #utpol #Utah #gerrymandering

  12. #StuartAdams, who has been in the news several times for corruption like his Qatar junket and changing the law to protect his statutory rapist relative, is yet again in the news for corruption.
    #utpol #Utah #AI #BoxElderCounty

    utahpolitics.news/stuart-adams

  13. Lees tip -> Utah keurt gigantisch datacenter Kevin O’Leary goed | Utah keurt omstreden 40.000 acre datacenter van Kevin O’Leary goed. Bewoners vrezen voor stijgende energierekeningen. | #Stratosproject #BoxElderCounty #Utah #KevinO’Leary #energieverbruik #datacenter |

    hbpmedia.nl/utah-keurt-giganti

  14. Lees tip -> Utah keurt gigantisch datacenter Kevin O’Leary goed | Utah keurt omstreden 40.000 acre datacenter van Kevin O’Leary goed. Bewoners vrezen voor stijgende energierekeningen. | #Stratosproject #BoxElderCounty #Utah #KevinO’Leary #energieverbruik #datacenter |

    hbpmedia.nl/utah-keurt-giganti

  15. What a quote.

    "O’Leary, a Canadian, said in his video that 'people who live in Utah aren’t stupid,' and they 'see this happening and realize, "Why am I letting people who don’t even live in my state make decisions for me?"'"
    #Utah #utpol #BoxElderCounty

    sltrib.com/news/2026/05/05/kev

  16. RE: newsie.social/@servelan/116524

    What #BoxElderCounty residents don't understand is that when a billionaire really, really wants something, our #GOP leaders really, really want to give it to him.

    Poor billionaire #Kevin_O_Leary is already being slowed down in his data center project in #Alberta. Why shouldn't he get a much easier process in drought-ravaged #Utah?

    sharktankblog.com/kevin-oleary

    It's for a good cause. "Winning" a pointless, unmeasurable "race" with scary China on an unreliable, Magic 8 Ball technology. Isn't that more important than your measly air, water, land?
    #utpol