Utah just approved a data center twice the size of Manhattan that will consume more electricity than the entire state
- Utah will be the home of a new 40,000 acre datacenter
- The datacenter will consume more power than the entire state
- The power will be provided with natural gas burning turbine generators
Box Elder county commission in Utah has approved an enormous new data center that, upon completion, will be twice the size of Manhattan and consume more electricity than the entire state currently does.
The Stratos artificial intelligence datacenter will occupy more than 40,000 acres (62 sq miles) in north-western Utah and consume 9GW of power.
Nearly 4,000 local residents and environmentalists have objected strongly to the proposed datacenter, pointing out that the datacenter will pull water and raise temperatures in an already drought-hit region.
Datacenter raises ecological concerns
Kevin O’Leary, the venture capitalist and Shark Tank star, is backing the project, and has made several statements in an attempt to quell concerns about the development.
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