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Concern about data center impacts on Great Salt Lake grows, now for Tooele project’s wastewater
Like birds that land there in spring and summer, concern about data center development in Utah and how it could affect the drying Great Salt Lake is migrating south. The focus is extending from the lake’s northern tip near the massive proposed Stratos project to its southern shore, near the site where developers are planning a warehouse hub for a data center, along with shipping and manufacturing facilities about 20 miles west of Salt Lake City. Opponents of the plan on Monday raised concerns it could contaminate and further deplete the lake, harming migratory birds and public health ...