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

[Marlin]

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

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5983482/valar-atomic-nuclear-data-center-project-beehive-utah

[Core Content]

Startup Valar Atomics submitted a formal proposal to the Bureau of Land Management to construct a massive power and data facility in Utah. Project Beehive would combine 456 small nuclear reactors with data centers, fuel production, and waste storage across more than 9,000 acres of public land.

The project highlights a new wave of commercial nuclear ventures relying on streamlined regulatory pathways and federal support to deploy microreactors. Producing over nine gigawatts of power, the development aims to test phased mass production of small units, raising questions among local groups regarding public land use and environmental oversight.

Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.

A Valar Atomics microreactor is seen on a C-17 aircraft, without nuclear fuel, at March Air Reserve Base in California on Feb. 15. The reactor was transported from March Air Reserve Base to Hill Air Force Base in Utah. **Matthew Daly/AP******hide caption****

A startup whose founder has vowed to "make nuclear great again" is planning to place hundreds of reactors on federal land in Utah, according to documents reviewed exclusively by NPR.

Read the full article at NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5983482/valar-atomic-nuclear-data-center-project-beehive-utah

[Mounder]

Nothing but desert at that location. The dry braided streams are not a water source.  Must have well water rights.