Kevin O'Leary Defends Utah AI Data Center
Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams sent a letter asking to reduce the proposed Stratos Project data center campus from 40,000 acres to about 10,000 acres and to require stronger commitments on water, conservation, environmental review, heat reduction, and public transparency, Business Insider reports. A spokesperson for O'Leary Digital told Business Insider the company "was caught off guard" and is "analyzing the letter carefully," and said Kevin O'Leary intends to respond personally before the end of the week. Kevin O'Leary told The Salt Lake Tribune he was "not walking away" from the project, Business Insider reports. State documents describe the campus as intended to support AI, cloud, and defense operations and project it would require 7.5 to 9 gigawatts, per Business Insider.
