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Kevin O’Leary’s company says it was caught off guard by a Utah lawmaker’s demand to dramatically shrink its proposed AI data center campus.On Monday, Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams said he sent a letter to the celebrity investor calling for a 75% reduction in the proposed data center campus.Adams…
The arrest of a data center protester is drawing public attention to a rural town in northwestern Illinois, where a roughly 400-acre plot of land is being pitched as a “data center development opportunity.”Harley Delander of Dixon, a small city about two hours west of Chicago, was arrested on Wednesday…
A mass outpouring of data center opponents has prompted the California city of Coachella to consider a moratorium on development of the facilities there.It’s the latest example of community backlash tempering local authorities’ acceptance of data centers — which are being built across the country to accommodate the rise of…
Kevin O’Leary makes a great villain. Loading audio narration… The celebrity investor spent decades honing his image as the least likable rich guy on “Shark Tank,” reveling in what he calls brutal honesty. Last year riffed on that persona in “Marty Supreme,” highlighted by a scene where he spanks Timothée…
Kevin O’Leary and Tucker Carlson clashed over AI, taxpayer subsidies for O’Leary’s planned Utah data center project, and China, during a wide-ranging interview published Wednesday. Loading audio narration… The “Shark Tank” investor defended the Utah development as a necessary investment in America’s AI future, as Carlson questioned why taxpayers should…
Many Americans don’t like the AI data centers popping up in their communities, though Kevin O’Leary thinks that’s because they don’t fully understand them. Loading audio narration… O’Leary, the venture capitalist and “Shark Tank” investor who recently starred as a villainous businessman in “Marty Supreme,” said Americans have misconceptions about…
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary is defending his plans for a Utah data center that was just approved by state officials despite community backlash. Loading audio narration… 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…
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Jesse Brooks, a 35-year-old videographer who lives in Fayetteville, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… The Atlanta area is one of several hot spots for data center development, and the town…
As far as data centers go, it’s a big one. Loading audio narration… The Saline Township campus in Michigan, about 50 miles outside of Detroit, will have a capacity of more than 1 gigawatt. That’s huge. Most data centers have capacities between 100 and 300 megawatts.And now the developer behind…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Belmonte. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… My career in professional bowling began before I was born, on a rainy day with some bored relatives. My parents had family visiting the small town where we…
