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

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

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3813x2542+0+0/resize/3813x2542!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc4%2F8d%2Fdfada92447689b6490f5d6f578de%2Fap26050704729644.jpg' alt='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.'/><p>Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.</p><p>(Image credit: Matthew Daly)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5983482' />