Utah Residents Ask Court to Allow November Vote on Data Center

A group of Utah residents who oppose a massive proposed data center project outside Great Salt Lake brought their challenge to state court in an attempt to allow voters to weigh in, after their bid to add a referendum to the November ballot was rejected by the Box Elder County attorney.

The Utah Constitution provides that any law passed by a county’s legislative body can be subject to a referendum, and the Box Elder County Commission’s resolutions related to the data center project have the force of law, according to a complaint filed by a group of residents Wednesday in ...