The Times of India · 2 Oct, 09:30 · Artificial Intelligence briefing

Kevin O'Leary backed a proposed 40,000-acre Utah AI data-center district with up to 9 gigawatts of power;

Kevin O'Leary has reportedly supported a proposal to develop a massive forty-thousand-acre district in Utah dedicated to artificial intelligence data centres.

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Kevin O'Leary has reportedly supported a proposal to develop a massive forty-thousand-acre district in Utah dedicated to artificial intelligence data centres. The ambitious project aims to generate up to nine gigawatts of power, highlighting the escalating energy demands of large-scale AI infrastructure. This development underscores the critical intersection of technological expansion and regional energy policy, as investors seek locations capable of sustaining immense computational workloads. For professionals, it signals a significant shift in where major tech capital is flowing and the physical constraints that now define AI deployment strategies.

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