Kevin O'Leary Agrees to Downsize Utah Data Center After Local Opposition, But Project Would Still Be Manhattan-Sized
"Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary is facing local backlash over his proposed "Stratos Hyperscale Data Center" near the Great Salt Lake in Utah, which would be over twice the size of Manhattan. After initial defiance, O'Leary has agreed to scale the project down to the size of just one Manhattan following pressure from state lawmakers and concerned residents. The article highlights tensions between tech infrastructure development and local community concerns.
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'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary wants to build a menacingly large data center facility near the Great Salt Lake in Utah that would be over twice the size of Manhattan.
But his plans for the 'Stratos Hyperscale Data Center' has got locals outraged and spooked.
And despite his earlier defiance that he would never downsize his project, O'Leary is now agreeing to do just that after state lawmakers demanded he scale back
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