"At full buildout, the proposed Stratos campus could require up to 9 GW of power, making it one of the largest datacenter developments in the world. Meta's planned Hyperion cluster is aiming for 5 GW, for example, while the first facilities hitting 1 GW are only expected to come online this year. For comparison, 9 GW is roughly comparable to New York City's average electricity demand."
"Utah State University physics professor Dr Rob Davies estimated that the proposed Stratos campus and its associated natural gas power plant could dump energy equivalent to 23 atomic bombs per day into the surrounding Hansel Valley. Davies' preliminary analysis said this could raise daytime temperatures by 2°F to 5°F (1°C to 3°C) and nighttime temperatures by 8°F to 12°F (4°C to 6°C), potentially causing serious ecological impacts in the high-desert valley."
"However, even skeptics such as Andy Masley, a writer and researcher who claims to have taught high school physics, find that the math broadly checks out, so l"
A mega-scale datacenter campus in Box Elder County, Utah, under the Stratos Project Area, has drawn controversy over environmental effects and whether the project will proceed. The project covers about 40,000 acres and was approved after delays tied to resident concerns. Full buildout could require up to 9 GW of power, comparable to New York City’s average electricity demand. A Utah State University physics professor estimated that the campus and a natural gas power plant could release energy equivalent to 23 atomic bombs per day into Hansel Valley. The estimate suggests daytime temperature increases of 2°F to 5°F and nighttime increases of 8°F to 12°F, potentially harming local ecology. Some dispute the calculations, but others say the math broadly checks out.
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