A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah

RIGHT I NEED THIRTY SECONDS OF YOUR LIFE FIRST A STARTUP CALLED VALAR ATOMICS LOOKS AT POWER GENERATION AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS THEY FORMALLY PROPOSE PUTTING OVER FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY NUCLEAR REACTORS ON MORE THAN NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND IN UTAH WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE AS A PURE BUSINESS INVESTMENT THAT IS AN UNREAL AMOUNT OF HARDWARE ALL BUILT TO POWER ONE HUGE DATA CENTER PROJECT AND THE THING IS THE REPORTING DOES NOT SAY HOW MUCH ANY OF THIS COSTS OR WHY THEY NEED OVER FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY REACTORS OR HOW IT GETS APPROVED SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE THIS MASSIVE TECH PROPOSAL TARGETING THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND AND I AM TRYING TO BE SENSIBLE ABOUT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE HERE BUT THE SCALE IS RIDICULOUS. ANYWAY I WILL BE THINKING ABOUT THIS IN THE TAXI.

OK THE SHORT VERSION IS THIS EVERYONE TRACKING PUBLIC PROPERTY IS PROBABLY LOSING THEIR MINDS BECAUSE THIS STARTUP CALLED VALAR ATOMICS WANTS TO TAKE OVER NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND IN UTAH AND PUT OVER FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY NUCLEAR REACTORS ON IT WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE AS A BALANCE SHEET MOVE THAT SOUNDS TOTALLY UNHINGED AND THE ENTIRE REASON IS JUST TO RUN A SINGLE MASSIVE DATA CENTER PROJECT AND THE REPORT DOES NOT EVEN SAY WHO PAYS FOR IT OR HOW MUCH CASH IS INVOLVED OR IF THE STATE EVEN AGREED SO CURRENTLY WE JUST HAVE NINE THOUSAND PLUS ACRES OF OUTDOOR DIRT SLATED FOR HUNDREDS OF ATOMIC REACTORS TO FEED SERVERS AND FROM A CORPORATE ASSET ALLOCATION STANDPOINT MY BRAIN HURTS. ANYWAY I AM FINE, EVERYTHING IS FINE.

Startup Valar Atomics is proposing to build over 450 nuclear reactors across more than 9,500 acres of public land in Utah to power a massive data center project.

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