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O’Leary shrinking Utah data center after backlash
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O’Leary shrinking Utah data center after backlash

The Hill · Jun 4, 2026, 6:51 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Business mogul Kevin O’Leary said late Wednesday he is willing to scale back his controversial 40,000-acre artificial intelligence data center campus in Utah after mounting backlash over the development’s size and environmental impact. The “Shark Tank” business mogul told NBC News that he is “going

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