‘Protect the water, the air, the land’: Hundreds demand halt on Box Elder data center plan

By: Georgia Metcalf

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: May 24, 2026

Words: 840

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Hundreds of Utahns gathered on the Capitol steps Saturday afternoon, demanding a halt to the development of the Stratos Project, a controversial 40,000 acre data center campus set to be built in Box Elder County along the north shore of the Great Salt Lake.

The demonstration follows Box Elder County commissioners’ decision to allow the project to move forward, despite backlash from citizens and environmental groups. Speakers warned that the project could negatively …

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