‘Utah’s Data Centers’: A FOX 13 series looking at the state’s digital dilemma

Name: ‘Utah’s Data Centers’: A FOX 13 series looking at the state’s digital dilemma
Uploaded: 2026-09-29T23:34:05.000Z
Duration: 5 min 24 s
Description: Utah is facing a digital dilemma with plans for the world's largest data center in its central region and a proposed data center in the northwest that has sparked protests. These protests led to politicians who supported the project losing their re-election bids. Currently, Utah already hosts 48 data centers.

News Clip5:24FOX 13 News Utah·UT·9/29/2026

Utah is facing a digital dilemma with plans for the world's largest data center in its central region and a proposed data center in the northwest that has sparked protests. These protests led to politicians who supported the project losing their re-election bids. Currently, Utah already hosts 48 data centers.

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In central Utah, plans are underway to build the world’s largest data center.

In northwest Utah, a proposed data center and its famous backer have garnered protests. Politicians who advanced the project lost reelection bids in the recent primary contests.

Yet, data centers already enjoy a certain ubiquity. By one count, Utah has 48 of them.

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