Box Elder Data Center Proposal Stirs Great Salt Lake Water Fears Near I-15
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Updated · Salt Lake Tribune · Jun 11
Box Elder Data Center Proposal Stirs Great Salt Lake Water Fears Near I-15
3 articles · Updated · Salt Lake Tribune · Jun 11
Summary
Rhonda Lauritzen used a June 9 tour of the proposed Stratos project area to show how far the Great Salt Lake has receded from her family’s land, underscoring residents’ alarm over another major water user.
The site sits on gravel roads between Interstate 15 and open ranchland where cows outnumber people, a sparsely populated stretch locals say could be remade by a large data center.
Residents frame the fight as more than a single project dispute, warning the development could alter the landscape and identity of what they call the “mythical American West.”