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9,000-Acre Nuclear-Powered Data Center Proposed on Public Lands in Utah
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Fusion42 · 1 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Valar Atomics has proposed a 9,000-acre nuclear-powered data center complex on public Bureau of Land Management land near Price, Utah, featuring 456 small nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel production, and nuclear waste storage. Concurrently, 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, and 2 sources have reported it between 1 Oct 2026 and 2 Oct 2026.
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You face a sudden shift as the US opens massive public land for nuclear-powered data centers while a ban on such projects is simultaneously proposed. This clash creates an immediate window to engage local regulators and plan for regulatory risk.
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2 sources · first reported 1 Oct 2026 · latest 2 Oct 2026
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