1. United States
2. Utah
3. Letter

I'm asking you to oppose the Stratos Project and any additional tax incentives for data center development in Utah until our water crisis is addressed. Kevin O'Leary's $70 billion project will generate massive profits for investors while draining resources that Utah families need to survive. Utah is already classified as having high baseline water stress, and nearly all of our 48 operational data centers are concentrated on the Wasatch Front. A single 100-megawatt data center consumes 2 million liters of water daily, equivalent to 6,500 households. The Stratos Project plans 7.5 gigawatts of capacity, nearly double what the entire state currently consumes in power. Even with newer cooling systems, the water demand will be staggering. Box Elder County just handed O'Leary 100% personal property tax relief, 80% real property tax rebates, and slashed energy taxes from 6% to 0.5%. We're subsidizing a billionaire's AI ambitions while our communities face water shortages. This isn't economic development. It's resource extraction that benefits shareholders while leaving Utahns to compete with data centers for water we need to live. Vote no on any approvals or incentives for this project.