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Why Are Data Centers So Unpopular?

By insiderutah.com · July 28, 2026 · 1 min read
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A massive, windowless grey monolith casting a long shadow over the red desert landscape of Torrey, Utah, symbolizing the overwhelming scale of industrial data centers.
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Utah News spotted this story published July 28, 2026 at insiderutah.com. Full coverage may follow as more sources report.

One, they’re big. I mean BIG. Big land, big water, big energy, and big bucks to make them happen. The public has become wary of giant projects because they can crush us. The political and financial powers that control such projects are distant and only focused on benefits to their rich sponsors.

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