That's because in the 1800s a 200 foot wide transcontinental telegraph right of way was established, running past the Great Salt Lake. Hundreds of cables have b

That's because in the 1800s a 200 foot wide transcontinental telegraph right of way was established, running past the Great Salt Lake. Hundreds of cables have been laid along it. There's a string of datacenters along that line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_transcontinental_railroad#Union_Pacific_route https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_transcontinental_railroa...