A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah

84 reports from 84 outlets in 1 language · first reported 2026-09-30 05:01 UTC · updated 2026-10-01 23:26 UTC · JSON

A startup has proposed building a large nuclear-powered data center on public land in central eastern Utah^{[1, 2]}. The proposed data center would be used for artificial intelligence^{[1, 2]}. The project involves both state and federal land^[2].

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1. A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in UtahPublished by kuer.org, nhpr.org, spokanepublicradio.org, wqcs.org, wcsufm.org, ualrpublicradio.org, kenw.org, upr.org, wvxu.org, prairiepublic.org, capeandislands.org, krvs.org and 70 more · 2026-10-01 00:11 UTC
2. Startup Seeks More Than 450 Nuclear Reactors on Utah Public Land to Power a Data Center Complexnatureworldnews.com · en · 2026-10-01 23:26 UTC
3. Nuclear-powered AI data center proposed on state and federal land in central eastern Utahksl.com · en · 2026-09-30 21:30 UTC