Kevin O'Leary said he messed up the messaging on his massive Utah data center plan
Investor Kevin O'Leary has acknowledged poor communication regarding his proposed massive data center project in Utah, which faced significant backlash from residents and lawmakers. He has pledged to reduce the project's scale and increase transparency to address environmental and community concerns.
Why it matters
The situation illustrates the growing friction between large-scale infrastructure projects for AI and local community resistance regarding resource consumption.
Kevin O'Leary said his team messed up with how it communicated its Utah data center project with the community. Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty Images Kevin O'Leary said the messaging around his Utah data center project wasn't handled well. He said he had "no interest in causing an environmental disaster" with the data center project. He says he has "work to do to earn the community's support" Kevin O'Leary says he could have done a better job selling his plan for a hyperscale data center to the people of Utah. In an interview with MS NOW, released on Thursday, the "Shark Tank" investor talked about how he and his team did not properly communicate plans for the Stratos data center project in Box Elder County with residents, and "really screwed this up." "I have no interest in causing an environmental disaster on my legacy," he said.
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