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HOLDEN, Millard County – A major technology and energy project is about to begin in Millard County.A groundbreaking was held Thursday afternoon on what developers said could become one of the nation's most advanced data centers.
Joule Capital Partners held the event just outside the town of Holden for the start of its new Joule Energy and Data Center Campus.It's a large-scale facility designed to support artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. The master plan for a new artificial intelligence data center in Millard County is shown on Thursday. Groundbreaking took place on Thursday. The company stated the project represents a significant investment in Utah's energy and technology future, which could bring in new jobs, training opportunities and economic growth to rural Utah.Unlike most data centers, which require large amounts of electricity from public utilities, Joule plans to produce its own power onsite rather than rely on the local power grid.Company leaders said this approach will prevent strain on existing energy infrastructure and shield residents from higher power costs."It really takes away from resources that local residents need and increases energy costs for everybody else," said Brock Andrus, co-CEO of Joule Capital Partners. "So we said, let's create our own power production plants here on this beautiful 4,000 acres."The company plans to use natural gas to power the first phase of the project, with future phases expected to expand energy capacity as demand for AI grows. A crowd listens at the groundbreaking for a new artificial intelligence data center in Millard County on Thursday. Millard County Commissioner Bill Wright said the data center could help keep more young people in the county by providing high-paying technical jobs and new career paths."We look forward to taking new technologies and really molding them together with what we're doing," said Wright, who hopes the company will partner with local schools to create job training and apprenticeships.Joel Ferry, executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, said the project is the kind of development that can benefit rural communities."These data centers are now air cooled. They're no longer water cooled, and so their water use drops down to minimal amounts. It's the type of project that will bring jobs to rural Utah," said Ferry. Ground is broken for a new arti
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