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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 42 MIN

The small Utah county fighting a massive data center

from On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti · host WBUR

A rural county at the edge of the Great Salt Lake. A multimillionaire celebrity businessman. A shadowy state agency. What Box Elder County, Utah’s fight over a 40,000-acre data center reveals about America’s AI future. *** Thank you for listening. Help power On Point by making a donation here: wbur.org/giveonpoint

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