We toured the land around the Box Elder data center project. Here’s what we saw.

The Salt Lake Tribune reporters have been out to the rural area where Stratos is slated to go twice in the past two months.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A road runs through the Hansey Valley where the proposed Stratos Project would be located near Snowville on Monday, July 13, 2026.

We toured the land around the Box Elder data center project. Here’s what we saw.

The Salt Lake Tribune reporters have been out to the rural area where Stratos is slated to go twice in the past two months.

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