‘I seek to do better,’ Cox says after heated comments on Box Elder County data center

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: May 8, 2026

Words: 863

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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After deep criticism over Gov. Spencer Cox’s past comments chastising opponents of a massive data center proposed in northern Utah, the governor made new accountability and environmental promises for the development — and said he’ll aim to live up to “disagree better” standards.

Thousands have actively protested the Stratos Project, a data center proposed on sites encompassing 40,000 acres of unincorporated Box Elder County land, arguing that the approval process led by the Military …

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