<![CDATA[#KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious]]>’s Massive Project in Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious

The project would be more than twice the size of Manhattan and could consume more electricity than the entire state currently uses.

By Bruce Gil
Published May 6, 2026

"The Box Elder County Commission voted on Monday to move forward with a proposed 40,000-acre and campus in a rural part of northern Utah near the . The site would span more than twice the size of Manhattan.

"The project, backed by O’Leary Digital, the infrastructure arm of O’Leary Ventures, is expected to eventually produce and consume up to 9 gigawatts of power. That’s roughly double the amount of electricity the entire state of Utah currently consumes, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

"The campus is expected to be built in phases and overseen by Utah’s Military Installation Development Authority (). O’Leary proposed a similar project in Canada in 2024 and has referred to both developments as '.' "

[...]

"For his part, O’Leary has claimed, without evidence, that much of the opposition to the project was 'paid' and that the meeting was filled with 'professional protestors.'

" 'We think that over 90% of the protestors are actually not people that live in Utah or Box Elder County. They’re being bussed in,' O’Leary said in a video posted on X.
He also claimed backlash on social media surrounding the project was AI-generated.

"O’Leary Ventures did not immediately respond to a human-issued request for comment from Gizmodo."

Full article:
https://gizmodo.com/kevin-olearys-massive-data-center-project-in-utah-gets-the-greenlight-locals-are-furious-2000755168

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Q9tF4

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/d38cc109-63b0-4ff2-b2d3-f5002cfd58b0/kevinoleary-s-massive-datacenter-project-in-utah-gets-the-greenlight-locals-are-furiousRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 08:22:45 GMTThu, 07 May 2026 23:27:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 17:26:42 GMT]]>One of my passions is history. That is quite an unpleasant process (and well-deserved, imho), @stevewfolds .

@nyx

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116540126137507348https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116540126137507348Fri, 08 May 2026 17:26:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 17:13:09 GMT]]>@DoomsdaysCW @nyx
The approval of the Utah data center certainly made some politicians rich. Tar and feather?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/stevewfolds/statuses/116540072880191507https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/stevewfolds/statuses/116540072880191507Fri, 08 May 2026 17:13:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 15:04:43 GMT]]>I was a proud member of an EF affiliate, the , @stevewfolds .

cc: @nyx

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116539567875926518https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116539567875926518Fri, 08 May 2026 15:04:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 14:40:15 GMT]]>@nyx @DoomsdaysCW
Make Edward Abbey proud

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/stevewfolds/statuses/116539471653608372https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/stevewfolds/statuses/116539471653608372Fri, 08 May 2026 14:40:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 14:19:05 GMT]]>@nyx @DoomsdaysCW

"The Earth is not dying; it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses."― Utah Phillips

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/RhinosWorryMe/statuses/116539388451913118https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/RhinosWorryMe/statuses/116539388451913118Fri, 08 May 2026 14:19:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:51:29 GMT]]>@the5thColumnist Yup!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116539279919761951https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116539279919761951Fri, 08 May 2026 13:51:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 04:17:07 GMT]]>@DoomsdaysCW dear people in sabotage the shit out of that project. Billionaires should learn that the cost of building against popular preferences is higher. Cut cables, put glue in their locks, break something, graffiti the site, steal their tools.
You know... Just a dash of social justice. Something being legal doesn't make it just. The opposite could also be said.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116435742918095709/statuses/116537021428414241https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116435742918095709/statuses/116537021428414241Fri, 08 May 2026 04:17:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 01:52:07 GMT]]>@DoomsdaysCW Sure, what could possibly go wrong with sucking up every last drop of the waters feeding the already shrinking Great Salt Lake - creating a toxic environmental disaster upwind from the largest developed urban areas of the state? I'm sure it's all in the good book of Mormon.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/JohnSullivan/statuses/116536451226016660https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/JohnSullivan/statuses/116536451226016660Fri, 08 May 2026 01:52:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 01:16:18 GMT]]>@DoomsdaysCW

Wasn't/Isn't he trying to do this in Alberta ?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ottawa.place/users/the5thColumnist/statuses/116536310367006228https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ottawa.place/users/the5thColumnist/statuses/116536310367006228Fri, 08 May 2026 01:16:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 00:48:58 GMT]]>@DoomsdaysCW i'm sure if we vote in the fake elections that will solve this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/arrrg/statuses/116536202922119935https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/arrrg/statuses/116536202922119935Fri, 08 May 2026 00:48:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 00:07:40 GMT]]>@samiamsam Good gods, yet another one? Ship them all to Mars and let 'em fight over the supplies!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116536040553944834https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116536040553944834Fri, 08 May 2026 00:07:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 00:03:58 GMT]]>@DoomsdaysCW

kevin o'leary is a billionaire asshole

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/samiamsam/statuses/116536025944476031https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/samiamsam/statuses/116536025944476031Fri, 08 May 2026 00:03:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:42 GMT]]>@Holls Maybe from his Shark Tank days? (Having never watched the show, I'm just guessing...)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116536013117906577https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW/statuses/116536013117906577Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:59:04 GMT]]>@DoomsdaysCW

God no! Also, what the hell is that jacket he’s wearing?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/Holls/statuses/116536006696477977https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/Holls/statuses/116536006696477977Thu, 07 May 2026 23:59:04 GMT