A study said Stratos’ emissions could impact the West — but developers dispute findings
A new study from EmPower Analytics Group suggests air quality emissions from the proposed Stratos data center in Box Elder County could leave thousands of people affected across the West. However, Stratos representatives reject the study's findings, saying it is "simply not true." The company says the study, funded by an environmental group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, uses incorrect assumptions not based on actual plans. "We take the concerns raised seriously," Stratos representative Paul Palandjian told KSL. "But publishing modeled assumptions as if they were Stratos's confirmed health impacts is irresponsible, and it fuels alarm the analysis doesn't support based on assumptions that are simply not true of Stratos." Local — and even national — backlash against Stratos began long before possible air quality effects of the development of energy sources needed for the data…