Community members write to Republican voters to stop data center
Community members in Box Elder County, Utah, are actively campaigning to stop a massive data center project, which was approved by the county commission. They are appealing the county attorney's rejection of their referendum and are also engaging in a postcard campaign against Senate President Stuart Adams, a supporter of the project. Senator Adams has since called for a reduction in the data center's size.
Residents of Box Elder County, Utah, are mobilizing to halt a proposed 40,000-acre data center project that received approval from the Box Elder County Commission in early May. The organizing group, the Box Elder Accountability Referendum, formed immediately after the project's approval.
The group's initial attempt to put the data center project to a public vote through a referendum was rejected by the county attorney. However, the Box Elder Accountability Referendum filed an appeal today, aiming to allow voters to decide the fate of the data center. Concurrently, they have launched a postcard campaign targeting Republican voters in Senate District 7, advocating for the removal of Senate President Stuart Adams, a key proponent of the data center project. The group has endorsed Stephanie Hollus for the Senate seat.
Responding to the public outcry, Senate President Stuart Adams released a statement calling for the data center's proposed size to be significantly reduced from 40,000 acres to 10,000 acres. Despite this, the community group insists on a complete halt to the project, expressing their desire for "no data centers, not less data centers."