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MIDA moves cautiously as governor calls for reform

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Military Installation Development Authority leaders are treading lightly around the topic of data centers while Utah’s governor calls for reforms to the state authority. Public pushback against plans for MIDA to construct a hyperscale data center in Box Elder County tinged the conversation at a MIDA board meeting Aug.

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