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Kevin O'Leary Utah data center plan sparks resident revolt

financeMay 12, 202617321

Kevin O'Leary proposed a $100 billion data center in rural Utah, triggering local protests over the project's size and resource demands. Residents and conservationists say the center would consume vast amounts of groundwater in an already water-stressed region. A three-person county commission left a packed public meeting and then approved the project via the meeting's livestream while protesters watched. On national television O'Leary accused China of funding online misinformation about the project, a claim that drew sharp criticism from CNN NewsNight panelist Bakari Sellers WHO called his comments "utterly disrespectful."

Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social

The “Stratos Project” in Box Elder County, Utah is a 40,000-acre AI data center campus backed by Kevin O’Leary. That’s roughly the size of Washington D.C., sitting just north of the Great Salt Lake. The county’s total population is about 65,000 people. Nobody asked them.

2878h ago
Alt National Park Service230

When residents showed up to the commission meeting to protest, commissioners listened to the public comment, then literally walked out of the room and approved it via livestream while the crowd watched on a screen.

FCUK EM SAU16

Ah, Kevin O’Leary, the shark tank rethuglican? THAT KEVIN OLEARY? Well, fuck him and all the rest of the fucking billionaire oligarchs and fuck any rich fuckers just sitting idly by as if this won’t affect them as well

Creative Crone 🍁11

Kevin O’Leary is establishing a data centre in Alberta Canada as well. Data centres are environmental hazards and employ a negligible number of people.

Deb5

I could have guessed it's O'Leary. Fucking punk.

Donisa Pedo3

I knew it would be that Canadian asshole O’Leary,

Michael D2

It’s Utah. Sadly, they deserve what they get. It is MAGA country.

TheValuesVoter
@thevaluesvoter.bsky.social

Again … To the best of my knowledge, Kevin O’Leary is not even an American citizen. Why do all these news shows bring him on panels to talk about issues that don’t directly involve him and which are about historical contexts that he has no earthly idea of? Has he even HEARD of the 15th Amendment?

123h ago
Horseplay Girl MBA
@horseplaygirl.bsky.social

County Commissioners can't be recalled in Utah, but can be removed in specific instances through judicial proceedings for malfeasance, according to a Utah Law Review article. Protestors should check with a local attorney to block the AI data center. O'Leary is Canadian, doesn't live in Utah.

66h ago
Timothy McBride
@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Why Utah residents are protesting a massive AI data center project backed by Kevin O’Leary | CNN Business www.cnn.com/2026/05/09/t...

62d ago
tohoobohu12.bsky.social
@tohoobohu12.bsky.social

Kevin O’Leary is a piece of shit. Wearing a hat on CNN with “Utah National Security “ written on it. Not a US citizen but can build a data center! Greedy, hateful piece of shit!!!

44h ago
jewelheist.bsky.social
@jewelheist.bsky.social

The residents of Utah have been fighting it, and trying. But they’re being told by elected officials that the military has made the decision to put it there. That they have no say. Kevin O’Leary is all over Fox News trashing all the local Instagram accounts in Utah that are speaking out against it

12h ago
Oil and Gas Watch
@oilandgaswatch.bsky.social

Rural Utah officials approve DC-sized gas power and data center complex news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri...

Rural Utah officials approve DC-sized gas power and data center complex
119h ago
Watchin'you
@catlady2023.bsky.social

Kevin Oleary wearing that hat on tv tonight, disgusting. Maybe should consider that coment on leaving the earth better than you found it? Just so greedy. Beyond disgusting.

23h ago
nfariousactivities.bsky.social
@nfariousactivities.bsky.social

———————————- O'Leary says opponents of his Utah data center are 'professional protesters' — and some are powered by AI www.businessinsider.com/kevin-oleary... Utahns standing firm against an out-of-state billionaire's plans for a massive data center. www.instagram.com/p/DYGiXCEjuY...

13h ago
Joshua
@rise0522.bsky.social

I know you all know this but Kevin O'Leary is one of the biggest pieces of shit on the planet. I hope Stratos fucks him over royally and he ends up homeless here, not in Canada.

14h ago
canada-news.bsky.social
@canada-news.bsky.social

What’s going on with Kevin O’Leary’s Canadian data center? – Deseret News https://www.europesays.com/canada/41486/ Kevin O’Leary’s Utah data center proposal spawned a wave of concerns, mostly focused on water use and air…

2h ago
VanCityNancy🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
@vancitynancy.bsky.social

Utah is Ground Zero for running out of fresh water in the next 10 years. Speaking of Kevin O'Leary and water, everybody should look up his little boating accident a few years back......

3h ago
Jay
@pescado70.bsky.social

Kevin O'Leary got a three-person county commission to approve it. When residents showed up to the commission meeting to protest, commissioners listened to the public comment, then literally walked out of the room and approved it via livestream while the crowd watched.

3h ago
Yeet
@sybauyeet.bsky.social

BRUH: A 40,000-acre AI data center backed by Kevin O'Leary just got the green light in rural Utah, over loud public objection. The 'Stratos Project' would draw 9 gigawatts, more than double the state's total annual usage. It will be built near the shrinking Great Salt Lake.

8h ago
Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai
@bigearthdata.ai

Utah Governor Makes It Harder for Kevin O'Leary to Build Data Center ->Business Insider | More on "Utah data center energy concerns" at BigEarthData.ai | #Data

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fortune.comShark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary wants to build a massive $100 billion data center in rural Utah. Residents are revolting | Fortunemediaite.comBakari Sellers Scolds ‘Utterly Disrespectful’ Kevin O'Leary

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