AI at Work: Building Utah’s Blueprint for Responsible Innovation

AI at Work: Building Utah’s Blueprint for Responsible Innovation

Why it matters: As AI tools rapidly transform workplaces, Utah is tackling how to harness innovation while protecting workers and setting guardrails before problems emerge. The big picture: The AI Blueprint from the University of Utah brings together researchers,...
Pelion Makes Major Investment in Utah’s AI “Giga Site”

Pelion Makes Major Investment in Utah’s AI “Giga Site”

One big thing: Utah’s leading venture capital firm, Pelion Ventures, has made a substantial investment in Creekstone Energy’s Giga Site—the massive data center project under construction in Delta, Utah. Once complete, the site is expected to become the largest data...
Utah Goes Nuclear: Powering the Future of Clean Energy

Utah Goes Nuclear: Powering the Future of Clean Energy

One Big Thing:  The Utah Office of Energy Development is preparing to break ground on the state’s first nuclear test reactor, a milestone in America’s next-generation energy innovation. Built by Valar Atomics at the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab, the facility will test...
Utah’s GigaSite Solves AI’s Water Problem

Utah’s GigaSite Solves AI’s Water Problem

One big thing Utah is proving that massive data centers don’t have to drain scarce water resources. As artificial intelligence accelerates, so does demand for data centers—and the power and cooling systems to run them. In Millard County, the world’s largest data...