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Spenser Heaps
Spenser Heaps is an editorial and commercial photographer based in Salt Lake City. He frequently contributes to Utah News Dispatch in addition to working with national news outlets and has a particular focus on environmental reporting.
The sun rises over a part of Hansel Valley, in Box Elder County, near the proposed Stratos Project, a massive data center planned for 40,000 acres of land, on Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)
The sun rises over a part of Hansel Valley, in Box Elder County, near the proposed Stratos Project, a massive data center planned for 40,000 acres of land, on Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)

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Editor’s note: Utah News Dispatch asked photojournalist Spenser Heaps to document the much debated Hansel Valley in Box Elder County, where a fast-tracked proposal for a large-scale data center has sp...
 

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