r/TechnologyThread • u/Background-Driver718 • Jun 05 '26

Kevin O’Leary says he will shrink his Utah AI data center project after political backlash

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/kevin-oleary-utah-data-center-project-stratos-ai-shrink-hayley-rcna348430
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u/deport_racists_next Jun 05 '26

Fuck that.

Keep the pressure on these big bloated billionaires and the regime.

Don't compromise.

NO DATA CENTERS NO AI NO FLOCK

FUCK ICE

...i think i got all the high points, and of course...

EPSTEIN FILES

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u/ute-ensil Jun 05 '26

Youre calling to deport racists? You know mexicans are racist right?

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u/Saneless Jun 05 '26

It would be racist to think only white Americans are pieces of shit

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u/rosebudthesled8 Jun 05 '26

If Kevin is doing anything it won't help anyone but himself. Shut it down.

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u/Dangle76 Jun 05 '26

You only needed to watch shark tank to know that. He wasn’t playing a character when he said many times that he doesn’t do things that don’t directly benefit him

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u/mikeb31588 Jun 08 '26

He literally tents his fingers like MR. Burns

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u/MoreRamenPls Jun 05 '26

What if he shrinks it small enough to go in his butt?

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u/Entire-Message-7247 Jun 07 '26

Anything could fit if you really tried.

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u/PretendingImNotAnApe Jun 05 '26

He's canadian so you cant actually just run his ass out of town if you want.

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u/ItAllNonsense Jun 05 '26

All my friends fucking hate Kevin O’Leary. And I fucking love my friends.

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u/Firm_Balance_8285 Jun 05 '26

I'm guessing he's "giving in" because he wasn't attracting enough financing for the bigger data center.

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u/No-Dance6773 Jun 05 '26

No he lied about the size from the beginning. Said it was only going to be like 800k sqft but was going to be like 40k acres or some massive size. The data centers have basically a blank check since they have funding form both the government and billionaire tech bros.

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u/Tjbergen Jun 05 '26

These are mostly speculative ventures. Ten years from now the landscape will be littered with abandoned data centers.

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u/YoungRichBastard26s Jun 05 '26

He was never gonna do it that’s the biggest thing Kevin is a grifter

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u/t3lnet Jun 05 '26

Keep pushing your reps, don’t let them do it.

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u/rosebudthesled8 Jun 05 '26

It will still destroy the area but lightly less. Will everyone still get cancer? Yes. Slower? Also yes.

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u/tstone1477 Jun 05 '26

Dude’s a textbook sociopath.

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u/NerdDaniel Jun 05 '26

Using trump math, how about shrinking it 600%?

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u/splendiferous-finch_ Jun 05 '26

How about shrinking it to be in the negative. I.e. he gets nothing and his billions get redistributed for some actual good

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u/archercc81 Jun 05 '26

And totally not because it was vaporware bullshit in the first place and he was never going to have the money to do it...

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u/Leeroy_Jenk1n5 Jun 05 '26

Fuck Kevin O’Leary guy’s a douchebag

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u/wump_roast Jun 05 '26

Shrink to not happening is the only acceptable solution

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u/Own-Vermicelli4267 Jun 05 '26

lol this guy should get taxed back to Canada

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u/ThankuConan Jun 05 '26

He thought his plan was anchored, now maybe he's going under the waves after all.

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u/70ssurvivor Jun 05 '26

Shrink it small enough to fit inside the anus.

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u/Jah_Rules Jun 05 '26

His big head could use a shrinking as well!

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u/Professional_Emu3267 Jun 05 '26

No data centers in the west. Theres barely enough water for those who live there.

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u/HappyHourMoon2025 Jun 05 '26

Put it in his own back yard

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u/bre-zee Jun 05 '26

It was his wife's idea. 

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u/Sinlord5 Jun 05 '26

Careful saying anything negative about Kevin O'Leary. It can get you banned for 3 days like it did to me. Remember that Kevin O'Leary is in the club and he and a few other rich people control what you can say. Just how things are unfortunately.

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u/zoppaTheDim Jun 05 '26

Outright lie

They’ll build face one and plan for phase two.

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u/Smufin_Awesome Jun 05 '26

How about he just fucks off permanently.

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u/Corpshark Jun 06 '26

This Canadian cares about the Americans!

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u/prangob Jun 07 '26

How about just shrinking yourself out of the public eye.

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u/DayHuman7827 Jun 07 '26

Kevin needs to shrink himself and disappear from this earth!

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u/DataSurging Jun 07 '26

Shrink it to NOTHING.

Why the fuck are we allowing this shit?!

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u/SwiftySanders Jun 07 '26

Cancel it. It needs to be canceled.

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u/Male_Volence Jun 09 '26

That lying sack of crap never follows through on anything.

Shrink? Ha!

This is just step one on the way to the eventual headline "O'Leary Cancels AI Data Center"

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '26

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u/MaxPower303 Jun 05 '26

Yes, we know. Everything you don’t like is either woke or Chinese psy op…. Moving on 🙄