Data Center

The city set up rules for data centers months before Box Elder’s Stratos Project sparked outrage. Washington County also has a zoning update in the works.

The concession was in response to demands from Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, who, along with other state leaders, has seen significant blowback about the project.

In a debate focused on the concerns of rural Utah voters, Congresswoman Celeste Maloy and former state lawmaker Phil Lyman outlined competing visions for public lands, immigration enforcement and emerging technologies.

Michael Farrell was a relative unknown before he collected the 7,000 signatures to get on Utah’s 1st Congressional District primary ballot for the Democrats. He’s leaning in on his outsider experience. Utah’s primary election is June 23, 2026.

Ben McAdams was the last Democrat to represent Utah in D.C., and he wants the voters of the new 1st Congressional District to send him back. Utah’s primary election is June 23, 2026.

Political newcomer Liban Mohamed was the surprise winner of April’s Utah Democratic Nominating Convention. Can he ride that momentum all the way to Washington, D.C.? Utah’s primary election is June 23, 2026.

Blouin has touted himself as Utah’s progressive for some time now. He’s leaning on endorsements and his pugnaciousness in the Legislature to solidify that rep with voters. Utah’s primary election is June 23, 2026.

The framework is designed to protect the environment and Utah’s economic growth.

Box Elder County rejected two referendum applications seeking to put the commissioners’ decision on the massive Stratos Project data center to a vote. Opponents have vowed to appeal.

Former congressman Ben McAdams, State Sen. Nate Blouin, and newcomers Liban Mohamed and Michael Farrell are vying for the Democratic nomination in Utah’s new left-leaning congressional district.

Gov. Spencer Cox called geothermal power the answer to not only people’s questions about the Box Elder Stratos data center, “but these types of projects all across the country.”

When Kevin O’Leary, Gov. Spencer Cox or anyone else talks about AI and national security, they are not talking about ChatGPT. They’re talking about data processing. If you work in national security, you’re in the business of information.