What counts as a large data center? Utah wants to make it clear in state law.
“These smaller data centers don’t have the outsize impact that the 100-megawatt-plus data centers do,” said Rep. Paul Cutler.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The QTS data center in Eagle Mountain, pictured here under construction in December, has a planned capacity of 177 megawatts. A proposal would make it a large data center under state law.
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