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As promised, opponents of the Box Elder County data center project have filed suit to challenge the decision rejecting their efforts to force a vote on the future of two measures allowing the proposal to proceed.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe told you all this fight isn\u2019t over, and we meant it. Now we are pivoting to protecting our constitutional right to a local referendum and taking the fight to court,\u201d Brigette Cottam, one of the co-sponsors of the push for a referendum, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Box Elder County Attorney Stephen Hadfield last week rejected the applications to launch challenges against two resolutions Box Elder County commissioners approved on May 4 that enable the data center plans to edge forward. Amid strong opposition to the data center project, Cottam and several others had submitted applications to county officials to collect signatures on petitions in a bid to force ballot questions on the resolutions, thus giving voters a say in the matter.<\/p>\n

Hadfield, however, said resolutions 26-11 and 26-12 were \u201cadministrative actions,\u201d not new laws, thus Cottam and the others didn\u2019t have grounds to pursue their effort.<\/p>\n

Data center foes said they\u2019d take the matter to court, and they did just that on Wednesday, filing suit in 1st District Court in Brigham City and asking that Hadfield\u2019s determination be overturned.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Utah Constitution and Utah Supreme Court case law give us the right to place this important decision back in the hands of the people \u2014 where the power should be \u2014 through the referendum process,\u201d said Brenna William, also involved in the push for a referendum. \u201cBy appealing the county\u2019s decision, we are exercising that right. We are confident that our argument for a referendum has standing before the court, and before the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadian businessman Kevin O\u2019Leary and O\u2019Leary Digital are the moving forces behind the data center plans, touted by proponents as key to national security and an economic development driver. Over the long haul, the data center facilities \u2014 called the Stratos Project Area \u2014 would be accompanied by the development of up to 9 gigawatts of power-generation capacity to serve them.<\/p>\n

Critics worry the data center operation would adversely impact air quality and tax already dwindling water supplies, placing additional pressure on the Great Salt Lake, already drying. They also say the proposal hasn\u2019t received enough study and was rushed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Stratos Data Center Project will have significant consequences that will affect the lives of all of us, our children and our grandchildren in communities across Box Elder County and beyond for many years to come,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n

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