Utahns seek hearing on water rights for the Stratos Data Center
Hundreds of Utah residents have protested a water-rights application for the proposed Stratos Data Center in Box Elder County, with 667 protests filed as of the report. Many protesters are requesting a public hearing, while the Utah Division of Water Rights reviews the application ahead of a Dec. 1 deadline.
The Stratos Data Center team, led by Kevin O'Leary, submitted a revised water-rights application to the Utah Division of Water Rights. The application has drawn 667 formal protests, many of which request a public hearing; nearly 4,000 protests were filed against an earlier application that was later withdrawn. Residents have several weeks remaining to submit objections before the Dec. 1 deadline, after which the Division of Water Rights will decide whether a hearing is warranted and the Utah state engineer will determine whether to approve the application under criteria limited by state law.
The report also covered the criminal case involving Daniel Cassamajor, 56, who admitted stalking Casey Hill, a spokesperson connected to the proposed project, and sending threatening messages involving Hill and his family. A judge suspended a potential jail sentence and ordered Cassamajor to serve two years of probation.