The small Utah county fighting a massive data center
May 20, 2026•42 min
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Episode description
A rural county at the edge of the Great Salt Lake. A multimillionaire celebrity businessman. A shadowy state agency. What Box Elder County, Utah’s fight over a 40,000-acre data center reveals about America’s AI future.
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