Kevin O’Leary approves of downsizing massive data center in Utah

Kevin O’Leary has agreed to cut the size of a planned 40,000-acre data center in Utah in half Increasing pressure from the population And activists, A It was previously reported by local affiliate ABC4. the Shark tank Starr sent a letter to Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams on Thursday, saying it would remove 19,430 acres from the project, located in and around the Locomotive Springs Waterfowl Management Area.

The change comes just days after Adams O’Leary called to reduce the size of its Stratos Project data center by 75 percent, reducing it to about 10,000 acres. Adams also asked O’Leary to implement technology that would reduce water consumption, as well as divert excess water to the Great Salt Lake. Which continues to shrink.

O’Leary also said in the letter that he would cut off another 620 acres in the northeast portion of the project near the highway, adding that he would “preserve the majority of the remaining acreage as open space.” Even with a smaller footprint of about 20,000 acres, the Stratus project would still cover a large area Bigger than Manhattan -And data centers a fraction of that size still pose major concerns Ambient energy useeffect on environmentand pollution.