America Won’t Lose the AI Race for Lack of Ideas—but We Might Lose It for Lack of Compute
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May 20, 2026
The front line in the fight over AI runs through Utah. In Box Elder County, a remote valley near the Great Salt Lake, residents are fighting a proposed AI data center, which would be one of the largest ever. Some 4,000 people filed formal objections over its water use. Developers pulled their application but say...
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