Referendum rejected, state leaders pivot: New developments reshape fight over contentious proposed data center project

Less than a month after the Box Elder County Commission approved resolutions related to the proposed Stratos data center project, a series of developments have reshaped the debate surrounding the project, including a rejected referendum effort, a statewide executive order, calls for major changes from Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams and discussion of a possible county moratorium on future data center development. The proposed Stratos Project would allow development of a large artificial intelligence and data-center campus in western Box Elder County near Corinne within a Military Installation Development Authority, or MIDA, project area. Supporters have promoted the project... Article Link