Thursday, May 7, 2026

Kevin O'Leary says opponents of his Utah data center are 'professional protesters' — and some are powered by AI

from Business Insider

O'Leary is dismissing critics of the multibillion-dollar project as "professional protesters" and suggesting some of the opposition is being amplified by artificial intelligence.

In a post on X and an accompanying video, O'Leary, also known as Mr. Wonderful, said concerns about the project — including its impact on air, water use, heat, and noise — are well understood by his team.

"I'm actually the only developer of data centers on earth that graduated from environmental studies, so I'm pretty aware of what these concerns are," he said in the clip, posted Tuesday. 

The Box Elder County data center is facing pushback from those worried about environmental strain and resource use, a common flash point as energy-hungry data centers fueling the growth of AI expand across the US...

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