Kevin O’Leary agrees to downsize massive Utah data center

June 4, 2026 Emma Roth

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Kevin O’Leary on a graphic green background with data center protestors.

Kevin O'Leary agreed to halve the size of his planned 40,000-acre data center in Utah amid mounting pressure from residents and activists, as reported earlier by local affiliate ABC4. The Shark Tank star sent a letter to Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams on Thursday, saying that he will remove 19,430 acres from the project, located in and around the Locomotive Springs Waterfowl Management Area.

The change comes just days after Adams called on O'Leary to slash the size of his Stratos Project data center by 75 percent, which would reduce it to about 10,000 acres. Adams also asked O'Leary to implement technology that minimizes water consum …

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