Utah Approves World's Largest Data Centre Amid Growing Bipartisan Opposition

June 13, 2026

Approves a 62-square-mile data centre in Utah, twice the size of Manhattan, promising thousands of jobs
Faces bipartisan resistance citing water pollution, electricity consumption, noise, and falling property values
Reveals AI companies' stock valuations are directly tied to data centre approvals and construction timelines
Draws comparisons to wind and solar opposition, per energy journalist Robert Bryce's geographic tracking of U.S. resistance