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9,000-acre nuclear-powered data center proposed on public lands in Utah
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Fusion42 · 6 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Valar Atomics has proposed Project Beehive, a massive 9,000-acre nuclear-powered data center complex on public Bureau of Land Management lands in Utah, featuring approximately 456 small nuclear reactors and facilities for nuclear fuel production and waste storage. Concurrently, US Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation to ban new data centers on federally owned public lands nationwide.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Data Infrastructure.
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You must prepare for a surge in demand for nuclear-powered data centre services in Utah and potential regulatory blocks on public lands nationwide. Your tech or energy-related venture could leverage this scale or face new geographic restrictions.
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