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‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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It would be a shame if the builders had to restart their work every day...
Good luck. The data center is classified as a national security site and has the Utah Test and Training Range base nearby.
They're building it with the intention of military security.
intention to be used with Palantir, google, MS for mass surveillance and by israel.