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'Not interested in being a test site': Residents oppose potential data center in Spanish Fork

By ABC 4 · August 19, 2026 · 1 min read
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SPANISH FORK, Utah (ABC4) — Community members gathered to protest an amendment that would allow proposed self-powered data center to be built in certain areas of the city. Volition is a Provo-based company that is looking to build a self-powered data center in Utah.

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