A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah

Valar Atomics, a nuclear startup, plans to build Project Beehive, a massive nuclear-powered data center with 456 small reactors on over 9,000 acres of federal land in Utah. The facility would produce 9.6 gigawatts of power, more than double Utah's current output, and is backed by Trump administration regulatory reforms. Local environmental groups are raising concerns about the unprecedented use of public lands for such a large nuclear project, while construction could begin by year's end with reactors coming online in 2028.