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UT Box Elder County Commission May 4, 2026

Box Elder County Commission Special Meeting at Box Elder County Fairgrounds

At a special meeting at the Box Elder County Fairgrounds in Tremonton attended by approximately 1,100 residents, Box Elder County Commissioners Tyler Vincent, Boyd Bingham, and Stan Summers announced no public comment would be taken, exchanged words with the crowd, walked off the stage while attendees chanted People over profit, and reconvened in a closed room via video call projected onto the arena screen to vote 3 to 0 approving Ordinance 642 and the 40,000 acre Stratos data center project area with the Military Installation Development Authority.

Jurisdiction Tremonton, UT
Governing Body Box Elder County Commission
Meeting Date May 4, 2026
Extracted Clips 4 clips · 0 opposed · 3 supporting
Zoning Power & Grid Water Tax Abatements Litigation
Source YouTube recording ↗ Official agenda & minutes portal ↗ Adopted minutes ↗ Archived snapshot ↗
Archived meeting broadcast · KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City Ready at Clip 1 (0:00 to 0:18) · Tyler Vincent, Boyd Bingham, and Stan Summers, Box Elder County Commissioners
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Box Elder County Commission Special Meeting at Box Elder County Fairgrounds

Box Elder County Commission · May 4, 2026

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  1. Clip 1 · 0:00 Tyler Vincent, Boyd Bingham, and Stan Summers, Box Elder County Commissioners Elected Official Procedural transcribed from the official recording
    Zoning Power & Grid Water

    Box Elder County Commissioners Tyler Vincent, Boyd Bingham, and Stan Summers open the special meeting at the Box Elder County Fairgrounds in Tremonton and announce that no public comment will be taken from the hundreds of residents gathered.

    "This is a special commission meeting to consider the interlocal agreement with the Military Installation Development Authority. We will not be taking public comment at this meeting today."

    YouTube at 0:00 ↗
  2. Clip 2 · 0:18 Boyd Bingham, Commissioner, Box Elder County Commission Elected Official In support transcribed from the official recording
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    As residents in the fairgrounds crowd object to being denied public comment on the 40,000 acre Stratos project area, Commissioner Boyd Bingham tells attendees in the audience to grow up.

    "Grow up. For hell's sake, grow up."

    YouTube at 0:18 ↗
  3. Clip 3 · 0:34 Tyler Vincent, Commissioner, Box Elder County Commission Elected Official In support transcribed from the official recording
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    Commissioner Tyler Vincent pleads with and shouts back at the fairgrounds crowd as residents protest the lack of public testimony prior to the MIDA vote.

    "We will not allow shouting, we will not allow cat calling. We expect you to be kind. Can you be quiet and let our citizens hear what needs to be said, please?"

    YouTube at 0:34 ↗
  4. Clip 4 · 0:55 Tyler Vincent, Boyd Bingham, and Stan Summers, Box Elder County Commissioners Elected Official In support transcribed from the official recording
    Zoning Power & Grid Water Tax Abatements

    All three Box Elder County Commissioners stand up and walk off the stage out of the meeting room while the crowd chants People over profit, then cast a unanimous 3 to 0 vote via video call projected onto the fairgrounds screen to advance the Stratos project agreement with MIDA.

    "People over profit! People over profit! All in favor of the resolution and interlocal agreement with MIDA say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries unanimously 3 to 0."

    YouTube at 0:55 ↗

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Statements and filings, side by side

Statement and primary filing Box Elder County, UT Hearing Record → Project Dossier: stratos-box-elder-ut →
Water Power & Grid
Column A · Dated Statement
Kevin O'Leary Chairman, O'Leary Ventures and O'Leary Digital (Stratos Developer)
Venue: CNN Newsroom Broadcast & Fox 13 News Utah
"Sustainability concerns around air, water use, heat, and noise pollution are at the heart of our proposal. The facility uses a closed loop cooling system that recirculates water with little to no ongoing water consumption."
CNN Broadcast Transcript & Fox 13 Utah Timestamp 04:12
Broadcast & transcript ↗ Primary report ↗ Wayback archive ↗
Column B · Primary Government Record
Utah Division of Water Rights Change Application a55167 on Water Right 13-2
Change Application a55167 · Water Right 13-2 (O'Leary Digital Utah DC Sub I, LLC)
Agency or Venue: Utah Division of Water Rights
"Change Application a55167 on Water Right 13-2 filed by O'Leary Digital Utah DC Sub I, LLC in Hansel Valley seeks industrial groundwater withdrawal of 1,712.0 acre feet per year (equivalent to 1,528,767 gallons per day) for data center cooling and power generation."
Primary Record / Docket Source ↗ Corroborating Record / Archive ↗
Statement and primary filing Box Elder County, UT Hearing Record → Project Dossier: stratos-box-elder-ut →
Litigation Zoning
Column A · Dated Statement
Kevin O'Leary Chairman, O'Leary Ventures and O'Leary Digital (Stratos Developer)
Venue: Fox News Broadcast & Social Media Statements
"Ninety percent of the protesters against the data center project were bused in from out of state with paid signs, and three Utah individuals opposing the project are funded by money moving through Arabella Advisors tracing back to China."
FOX 13 News Utah
Source video ↗ Wayback archive ↗
Column B · Primary Government Record
Box Elder County Clerk Referendum Petition on Ordinance 642, 1st District Court Filing & June 25 Retraction
Ordinance 642 Referendum Application · 1st District Court Petition · June 25, 2026 Retraction
Agency or Venue: Box Elder County Clerk, 1st District Court, and On Air Retraction Record
"Referendum petitions challenging Ordinance 642 were filed May 11, 2026 by local Box Elder County registered voters organized as Box Elder Accountability Referendum and Box Elder County Alliance for Responsible Growth. On June 25, 2026, Kevin O'Leary issued a written retraction stating he had 'no evidence' linking Utah opponents to China, and Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo issued an on air apology on June 26, 2026."
Primary Record / Docket Source ↗ Corroborating Record / Archive ↗
Statement and primary filing Box Elder County, UT Hearing Record → Project Dossier: stratos-box-elder-ut →
Zoning Power & Grid Water
Column A · Dated Statement
Kevin O'Leary & Paul Palandjian Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, O'Leary Digital
Venue: Utah Senate Correspondence, NBC News, and Moneywise
"On June 1, 2026, O'Leary called Senate President J. Stuart Adams' demand for a 75 percent reduction from 40,000 acres to 10,000 acres 'outrageous'; on June 4, 2026, the Utah Senate announced O'Leary agreed to a 75 percent reduction to 10,000 acres; on August 13, 2026, O'Leary stated the campus was cut by half to 20,000 acres."
KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City
Source video ↗ Wayback archive ↗
Column B · Primary Government Record
Box Elder County Ordinance 642 AgriTech Inland Port / MIDA Project Area & Subsequent Engineering Filings
Box Elder County Ordinance 642 · MIDA Stratos Project Area (40,000 Acres / 9 GW vs. 7.5 GW)
Agency or Venue: Box Elder County Commission & Military Installation Development Authority (MIDA)
"Ordinance 642 adopted May 4, 2026 establishes an approximately 40,000 acre MIDA Project Area for up to 9 gigawatts of onsite natural gas generation. Subsequent October 2026 water filings describe 11 data center clusters and 7.5 gigawatts of thermal power generation across 2,000 to 2,500 developed acres within a 20,000 acre boundary, while MIDA has not adopted an amended project area boundary resolution."
Primary Record / Docket Source ↗ Corroborating Record / Archive ↗
Earlier and later statements Box Elder County, UT Hearing Record → Project Dossier: stratos-box-elder-ut →
Zoning Moratorium Power & Grid
Column A · Dated Statement
Tyler Vincent, Boyd Bingham, Stan Summers, and Lee Perry Box Elder County Commissioners
Venue: Box Elder County Commission Special Meeting at Tremonton Fairgrounds
"We will not be taking public comment at this meeting today... Grow up. For hell's sake, grow up... All in favor of the resolution and interlocal agreement with MIDA say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries unanimously 3 to 0."
KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City
Source video ↗ Wayback archive ↗
Column B · Subsequent Recorded Position
Box Elder County Commission 180 Day Moratorium on Unincorporated Data Centers (Exempting MIDA Stratos Area)
Box Elder County 180 Day Data Center Moratorium Ordinance · June 10, 2026
Agency or Venue: Box Elder County Commission & Utah Public Radio (NPR)
"Five weeks after voting 3 to 0 via closed room video call to approve the 40,000 acre Stratos MIDA project area without public comment, Box Elder County Commissioners passed a 180 day moratorium on new data centers and data center power plants on unincorporated county land, while stating the moratorium does not apply to the Stratos project area already transferred to MIDA."
Primary Record / Docket Source ↗ Corroborating Record / Archive ↗
Utah Public Radio (NPR) Timestamp 01:15
Broadcast & transcript ↗
Earlier and later statements State of Utah / Box Elder County Hearing Record → Project Dossier: stratos-box-elder-ut →
Zoning Water Power & Grid
Column A · Dated Statement
Spencer J. Cox Governor of Utah
Venue: KUTV 2 News Utah Interview
"Concerns about water and power use at the Box Elder County data center contain incorrect information. The project is built for this use, is right next to a natural gas pipeline so they can build their own power plant, and the state will not run out of water or power."
KUTV 2 News Utah Timestamp 01:05
Broadcast & transcript ↗ Wayback archive ↗
Column B · Subsequent Recorded Position
Governor Spencer Cox Monthly News Conference Calling Stratos Approval Process 'Not Good' & Demanding MIDA Reform
KUER 90.1 Utah / PBS Utah Governor's Monthly News Conference · August 20, 2026
Agency or Venue: KUER 90.1 Utah (NPR) & Utah News Dispatch
"The approval process surrounding the Stratos project was not good. MIDA has had mission creep from its initial responsibilities and goals, and I will push legislation for major reform to MIDA, including a larger role for the governor's office and closed loop cooling requirements."
Primary Record / Docket Source ↗ Corroborating Record / Archive ↗
KUER 90.1 Utah (NPR) Timestamp 02:15
Broadcast & transcript ↗

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