Hundreds cry out as Box Elder commissioners wave in massive data center

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 908

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Key points

Stratos project developers have proposed a massive campus featuring a data center and a natural gas power plant for an unincorporated area of Box Elder County.
The county’s three commissioners unanimously approved two resolutions that will allow the project to move forward.
The proposal has generated huge public outcry, including at the commissioners’ meeting where a large crowd booed, jeered and chanted in opposition to …

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