The data center will generate their own power, but use natural gas to do it. There is a plan to just tap off the gas pipelines already in place. Again this is taking almost 2x as much power as the entire state takes. I am not aware of any additional pipelines being added.
Every winter, SLC and everyone up and down the SL valley enjoy inversions. It’s been bad for more than a decade. Well, now it’s going to be ~3x worse. That’s a lot of carbon dioxide that is going to be added.
Cooling will likely get dumped into the Great Salt lake and whatever local streams are there. Neglecting the waste added to the water by this data center; there are very limited upsides.
The data center will generate their own power, but use natural gas to do it. There is a plan to just tap off the gas pipelines already in place. Again this is taking almost 2x as much power as the entire state takes. I am not aware of any additional pipelines being added.
Every winter, SLC and everyone up and down the SL valley enjoy inversions. It’s been bad for more than a decade. Well, now it’s going to be ~3x worse. That’s a lot of carbon dioxide that is going to be added.
Cooling will likely get dumped into the Great Salt lake and whatever local streams are there. Neglecting the waste added to the water by this data center; there are very limited upsides.