Company withdraws its bid for data center water, but not because it’s backing down

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 943

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Thousands of protests were filed in a water permit application meant to feed the operations of a massive data center proposed in Box Elder County. But, they won’t be considered by the Utah state engineer, as the company withdrew its application to start a new one.

A request to change the water use from irrigation to industrial use to, mostly, power a 40,000-acre data center with natural gas was taken back on Thursday. However, …

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