- United States
- Utah
- Letter
Block the Stratos Data Center — Protect the Great Salt Lake
To: Gov. Cox
From: A constituent in Sandy, UT
May 15
Take binding action to stop the Stratos data center in Hansel Valley. Six thousand Utahns signed a letter and showed up on the Capitol steps on May 14th to say the same thing. Social media posts about wanting to "do better" are not governance — they are deflection.
The Great Salt Lake is already in crisis. Approving a hyperscale data center campus that will drain water from the region, developed through MIDA in a process that bypassed normal public oversight, is not a "rushed deal" — it's a betrayal. I'm tired of being asked to conserve, to pray for rain, to sacrifice, while the state rolls out the welcome mat for Kevin O'Leary's water-sucking infrastructure project. That contradiction is not lost on anyone who lives here.
Governor Cox, use the authority of your office to block this project. Utahns are not opposed to economic development — we are opposed to trading the lake for it.