Kevin O'Leary Faces Backlash over Utah's Wonder Valley Data Center Project
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Kevin O'Leary backed a proposed 40,000-acre Utah AI data-center district with up to 9 gigawatts of power; months later, the project has been downsized and remains stalled after local backlash
Kevin O’Leary-backed plans for a 40,000-acre AI data centre district in Utah have been cut to about 20,000 acres after strong local opposition. Residents have raised concerns over the project’s energy and water use, environmental impact and public review. Developers say the project could create thousands of jobs and support US computing and national defence.
The resistance of Utah residents and activists curbed the initial momentum of Stratos, the AI data center megaproject associated with Kevin O’Leary. The dispute reveals how lack of consultation, water and energy concerns, and local politics can become obstacles to an industry that seeks to build at full speed. *** Stratos contemplated a campus of 40,000 acres and nine gigawatts of energy, a scale that would more than double the average consumpti…
Kevin O'Leary's $100 Billion Utah Data Center Is Drowning in Its Own Promises
Kevin O'Leary's Stratos data center in Box Elder County, Utah was pitched as a $100 billion, 9-gigawatt AI hyperscale campus. Nine months later it's half its original footprint, facing a defamation lawsuit over China claims O'Leary admitted he couldn't back up, and opposed by roughly 70% of county voters in local polling.
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