Why We've Filed a Referendum (stopstratos.org)

Obviously, it's fine to be wary of any development in your area. But it seems like there is a certain amount of irrational(?) fear of datacenters. And I really don't understand it.

I saw a poll recently that people would rather live near a nuclear power plan than a datacenter. That's... their choice, of course, but doesn't seem logical to me.

I have heard several "concern stories" about them on NPR recently. Maybe there is a political component to it. But I do worry there is some kind of manipulation being done.

If you're looking for actionable information, and don't want to sign up anywhere to see it:

https://www.breatheutah.org/news/the-stratos-project-questio...

Utah hasn’t voted for a Democrat president since Johnson. Reap what you sow.

It's funny to see the fast switch from "NIMBYs are killing affordable housing and progress" to no datacenters in my back yard.

A referendum for what?

If you don't want that land being used for anything, just buy it yourself.

This has to be the next 5g causes autism issue.

I think everyone here is missing the point that while data centers may have may of the same negative effects on the community, THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANYTHING IN RETURN.

Just because you've sold your soul to Anthropic and can't feed yourself with consulting ChatGPT doesn't mean that these people are stupid or crazy for not wanting a data center in their backyard. It's also a pretty big deficiency in moral fiber to object to people working against something that is good for yourself and terrible for everyone else. The best equivalent I can think of would be CEOs complaining about how terrible it is that unions are allowed to exist.