{"id":65623,"date":"2026-05-13T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/13\/irresponsible-backlash-as-utah-approves-datacenter-twice-the-size-of-manhattan-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:32:00","slug":"irresponsible-backlash-as-utah-approves-datacenter-twice-the-size-of-manhattan-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/13\/irresponsible-backlash-as-utah-approves-datacenter-twice-the-size-of-manhattan-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Irresponsible\u2019: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNXzJ4cXR4blBJN1l2ZUcwdmZmZEdiVWpFc0ZXQ3FKZ0lxSl9oUUlQR1J3OVZpdWFnb1Z2dVJNV20teTVWWF9NX3R4X1BPSDF3eUc1UmRjLTNiSkE0NmtrSGpsNnM1cDRIMGlhakE3eE9tUURhUllPdWMydjlWaWpKdElkckxDWGgy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Irresponsible\u2019: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxPdUEzVFhNSzdsdHlUOXpvd0d0WV9BMFdIM2pmS3RNeUlKWWhINUV2cXFtbGlxQXVKcWFJT2xUQnlCbTFEMmpKZzhsVWkwMmJJWUE5b1ZlZGxjSG1MZ2QyekpIYXR6Nk5HZ2JoM1JrNEsxalVIZDlFMEl1UzcxdGpfV0QweTY2bXhVTXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Water rights request for massive Box Elder data center withdrawn after thousands of Utahns file protests<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Salt Lake Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxQMkhvQW5oRUFmWDAzMEdPZnl1YWd5cFVRbWNhQkJ3M2hTVzRJbmFwWkxYaU5rX2xlSU45M1AtQVRIcmZlbjVPQnc3dml6cnFuZ2tYZEJBNU1IblJEaUIwNHJwZzI2UEozcnFaUU9oSU95ajZCVmpOOVREZXdTdWFKMnh3T0R5bVNJRHdmd3dldTliRWtlbGFMOUJWc0VvSkI0TGR5TDA0a1FHQU1HcnRuSkRuM1VBQUl5T1d3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Shark Tank\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Leary wants to build a massive $100 billion data center in rural Utah. Residents are revolting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fortune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxQQkNCbXVHc21sNWJnNW9tRHlvam1NSEthdF94cVF1M1RXNUZTVF9UcV80SGJFaE9uUllLZ0dkMkcxTXV6T05XOXQ2U0NTRTlUNUJxYTh3NG1DR3g1V0VIZW9BXzgzRVl3dXl1M292ak9hZ2hXM05OWEl3Q1pGZE82cW5xUHdMUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why Utah residents are protesting a massive AI data center project backed by Kevin O\u2019Leary | CNN Business<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOX210OHVPQjZyaFVtWUhaNmtGU0xybkVCU21yZVFBMl9pczFQMzgyMzBKeGlfZEJzWi1tNHpPOUVudU1OX2RkdmtYTjJZQnB2cXpjcEVZODFqU0J5bUMxU0tSZUxsX0cyUUVjYm9pYlYzS1YxSHdXbHA4TWsxZURWQWJrYWlCSGdXMURnVE5RME0wVnM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Experts question job projections for massive Utah data center<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">KUTV<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Irresponsible\u2019: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian Water rights request for massive Box Elder data center withdrawn after thousands of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/13\/irresponsible-backlash-as-utah-approves-datacenter-twice-the-size-of-manhattan-the-guardian\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}