[cratermoon]

I knew someone would come out and say that. To answer your question, I have driven through, multiple times. I suggest starting with Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire to raise your awareness.

[tptacek]

I've been there. If you could pick any place in the world to site a data center, Box Elder County would be high on the list.

[jwarden]

Edward Abby wrote about southern Utah. Red rock country. Box Elder County is northern Utah. Night and day.

[cratermoon]

You missed the point. Ecosystems are not wastelands. Abbey’s descriptions of his Utah are compelling, but he’s still in places the uninformed would call dusty wastelands.

[tptacek]

That is an argument against building data centers --- or anything else --- anywhere in the world.