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Great Salt Lake, UT

The Great Salt Lake, located in Utah, does not directly serve as infrastructure for Texas datacenters, though water from the Colorado River basin that includes Utah's resources is a competing priority for water allocation that affects Texas water availability for datacenter cooling operations.

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May 28, 2026

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Helios Hits 1.6 GW on CREZ Lines Built for Wind a Decade Ago

Governor Spencer Cox rejected the all-gas Stratos model after a water-right filing drew nearly 4,000 protest letters and 6,500 residents demanded action on the Great Salt Lake.

May 6, 2026

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Hut 8 Redesigned a 224 MW Hall to 352 MW. Same Footprint, Same Utility Tie.

In Utah, Kevin O'Leary's 9 GW Stratos project faces hardening opposition after Military Installation Development Authority director Paul Morris told county officials power would be entirely natural gas-generated, against a backdrop of Great Salt Lake stress.

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