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          "title": "Kevin O'Leary disputes environmental impact claims from his massive Utah data center project",
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          "title": "‘The Elephant in the Desert’ - The University of Utah",
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          "title": "Utahns speak out as yet another data center is planned near the Great Salt Lake - The Salt Lake Tribune",
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          "title": "Dozens of Tooele County residents oppose data centers at planning commission - KUTV",
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          "title": "Experts question job projections for massive Utah data center",
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          "summary": "Stratos Project data center combines water cooling and air cooling methods",
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          "summary": "Project plans to rely on natural gas from the Ruby Pipeline, though alternative methods like wind, solar and battery technology are mentioned as possible",
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