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Ben Abbott discusses the potential impacts of a proposed AI data center in Utah.

Ecologist and Executive Director of Grow the Flow, Ben Abbott shares his perspective on the proposed 40,000 acre, 9 gigawatt AI data Center in Box Elder County, Utah.

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