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Kevin O'Leary's Utah Data-Center Fight and the New Localism Around Compute

Locals in Utah are resisting a Kevin O'Leary-linked data-center build, while O'Leary claims Chinese actors are stoking the opposition. The clash exposes how AI compute has become a local land-use fight with a geopolitical accent.

By Moemedi Michael Poncana·americas·1-minute read·15 Jun 2026·Live on the wire ↗

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14 JunKevin O'Leary's Utah data center fight is really about who pays for the AI build-out