Leia Larsen

As the number of planned data center projects seemingly explodes across Utah, most residents aren’t happy with how their elected leaders have handled them.

“It’s all descending, these data centers,” said Cindy O’Neil, who tracks the progress of the projects. “They’re setting these things within a couple of miles of homes.”

Utah has hundreds of glaciers buried beneath boulders. Scientists say they could be increasingly important as the West warms.

Democrats opened an investigation into Energy Fuels after the company’s CEO allegedly bought thousands of shares of stock — days before Trump downsized Bears Ears National Monument.

“Wind plus solar is on a tear right now,” said Utah climate scientist Logan Mitchell. “We may have achieved liftoff.”

The project is supported by the Utah Inland Port Authority. It will include a 500-megawatt data center and a truck stop.

As of this year, the government has removed 16 million tons of contaminated tailings, according to a report released Wednesday,

More trees in the Intermountain West are dying than growing. Can more local coordination with states reverse that trend?

Two months after approving the Stratos data center complex in Box Elder County that sparked widespread backlash, the Military Installation Development Authority has hired a new boss.

Republicans Kara Toone and John Taylor say they want to bring transparency, integrity and greater scrutiny of data centers to politics in the Utah House District 14 primary.