'No safe amount,' experts talk about AI data center air pollution for Box Elder
News Clip1:22KSL News Utah·Box Elder County, UT·5/22/2026
Experts are raising concerns about potential air pollution from the proposed Project Stratos AI data center in Box Elder County, Utah. While developers have yet to approach the Utah Department of Environmental Quality with air pollution plans, health experts worry that current state monitoring standards may not adequately protect the community.
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Gov: Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Tim Davis, Commissioner for Utah's Department of Environmental Quality, points out that the developers behind Project Stratos haven't even approached the department with plans yet for air pollution.
Davis said the monitoring would have to be set up according to state standards, making sure emissions from the data center and power plant do not impact the airshed along the Wasatch Front.
That means air monitoring studies would have to show that emissions wouldn't move from the airshed in western Box Elder County into the Wasatch Front. Some health experts however are concerned that those standards don't do nearly enough to protect the community.
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