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"We pissed off a lot of people": Giant data center plan cut 50% amid protests
One of the world's biggest data center projects was designed to be nearly three times the size of Manhattan, stretching across multiple Utah sites. But intense local backlash in Box Elder County has now pushed the developer to cut the…
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