How Box Elder County residents plan to stop a massive data center

Name: How Box Elder County residents plan to stop a massive data center
Uploaded: 2026-05-14T19:23:56.000Z
Duration: 50 s
Description: Residents in Box Elder County, Utah, have launched an effort called the Box Elder Accountability Referendum (BEAR) to stop a proposed data center project. The group aims to put the decision about the data center's construction to local voters.

News Clip0:50The Salt Lake Tribune·Box Elder County, UT·5/14/2026

Residents in Box Elder County, Utah, have launched an effort called the Box Elder Accountability Referendum (BEAR) to stop a proposed data center project. The group aims to put the decision about the data center's construction to local voters.

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Gov: Box Elder County

An effort called the Box Elder Accountability Referendum — or BEAR — hopes to put the decision to build a data center, backed by celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary of TV’s “Shark Tank,” in northern Utah to voters.