The Stratos artificial intelligence datacenter footprint will cover more than 40,000 acres (62 sq miles) over three sites in Box Elder county in north-western Utah. The facility will require about 9GW of power, which is more than the entire state of Utah currently consumes, and suck up a significant amount of water in an area that has been hit by severe drought in recent years.
This is also why Utah. They will staff it with mormons and have fiber runs already
they build it in red states because of the lack protest/resistance against it, at least from the gop.