The conversation around the Box Elder County data center is having ripple effects throughout Utah. Executive producer Emily Means and social media manager Molly Miloscia break down the latest headlines. Plus, crafting an ideal day in Salt Lake and local shoutouts.

Resources and references:

‘They asked us to come,’ Kevin O’Leary tells Tucker Carlson of massive Utah data center plan [Salt Lake Tribune]
‘I do not want this in my community’: Southern Utahns confront proposed data center [Salt Lake Tribune]
Utah House speaker says Box Elder hyperscale project is bad ‘personally, and for my ranch’ [Salt Lake Tribune]
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