Noisy Data Centers, Flock Camera Debate, No Trick-or-Treaters?
A noisy West Jordan data center has neighbors fed up. Host Ali Vallarta talks with City Cast Salt Lake contributors Andy Larsen and Scott Wessman about Utah’s continuing data center controversies. Plus, state lawmakers are weighing new restrictions on Flock surveillance cameras, and is trick-or-treating a thing of the past?
Resources and references:
- ‘I literally just leave my house’: In this Utah neighborhood, homeowners say a noisy data center campus is disrupting their lives [Salt Lake Tribune]
- Utah may put new limits on surveillance cameras. Not everyone agrees on how strict. [Salt Lake Tribune]
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