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The Washington Sun (Mara Hoplamazian and Jade Lozada, published and updated 18 September 2026) reported that the largest data-center proposal it found on BLM land 'appears to be' a 10,200-acre project from Valar Atomics at a site near Green River, Utah, and that Valar had a second Utah proposal it called the 'Raceway Gigasite', with no estimated size. An editor's note added after publication says Valar contacted the paper, confirmed it had applied 'for survey access' at the 10,200-acre site, and that a company spokesperson said it had decided not to pursue the project. On 29 September 2026 BLM's public layer still showed UTUT106784007 as 'Pending' (last modified 26 May 2026) and titled for a reactor and data center, not a survey. No BLM case named 'Raceway' appears in any public MLRS layer; the only other Valar case with a site name is 'Project Beehive' (mine-006). Whether 'Raceway' and 'Beehive' are the same site is not shown in any record read.
- Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known (The Washington Sun (Mara Hoplamazian and Jade Lozada), 2026-09-18) news “After considering the site, the company has decided to no longer pursue the project”
- BLM Natl MLRS Rights of Way (ROW) (feature layer and query results) (Bureau of Land Management (MLRS)) primary filing “Green River Gigasite Small Modular Reactor/Data Center”