There you go, Utah. The fix was baked into the process long before the details of the project became known. They are too corrupt to care.

https://www.ksl.com/article/51540082/data-center-developers-move-forward-despite-voter-backlash-aimed-at-sen-adams-others

#Utah #UtahPolitics #datacenter #BoxElderCounty #corrupt #rights #privacy #developers

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"That marks a steep drop from a previous 1,900-acre-foot application that was withdrawn May 7 after prompting around 3,800 protests.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:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/filing-stirs-great-salt-lake-084000807.html

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

New filing stirs Great Salt Lake fears as giant Utah data center comes into view, eyes water needs

"What we think is going to happen is they're going to work to accrue these small water rights."

Yahoo News
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...

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Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting "Billionaire Big Tech Agenda"

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@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

Name and shame.

All rich, powerful, white men in development and/or real estate with conflicts if interest galore.
#utpol #Utah #MIDA #AI #BoxElderCounty

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/09/mida-board-members-breaking-down/

Who serves on MIDA? Here’s a breakdown of each board member behind plans for a massive Box Elder County data center.

Elected officials, department heads, developers and a lobbyist make up the powerful group.

The Salt Lake Tribune

#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

https://utahpolitics.news/stuart-adams-pac-mida-donors-data-center-approval/

Stuart Adams PAC received $135,000 from MIDA-connected donors days after approving controversial data center

Utah Senate President Stuart Adams' political action committee collected $135,000 from five MIDA-connected donors in a single day — the five largest donations in the PAC's history — just days after Adams chaired the approval of Kevin O'Leary's controversial 40,000-acre data center in northern Utah.

Utah Political Watch