Box Elder data center referendum blocked; BEAR vows court challenge
TL;DR
Box Elder County Attorney Stephen Hadfield ruled that two land-use resolutions approving a hyperscale data center are administrative actions, not new laws, and therefore not legally referable to voters. BEAR says it will appeal to state courts, while opponents push for local input amid ongoing debate over the project backed by Kevin O’Leary.
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- ‘Rejected’: Voters won’t get a say on Box Elder data center, county attorney says The Salt Lake Tribune
- The world's largest data center was supposed to run on 100% natural gas. Utah's Republican governor says 'never.' grist.org
- O’Leary: Many mega-data center concerns in Utah based on ‘misinformation,’ ‘lies’ The Hill
- Second water rights application withdrawn for proposed Box Elder data center KUTV
- MIDA violated state law in approval process of Box Elder County data center, group claims FOX 13 News Utah
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