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

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The “Shark Tank” mogul said he would cut the 40,000-acre project by roughly half in a letter sent Thursday to Utah’s Senate president.

Kevin O'Leary in Washington in February.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

June 4, 2026, 10:53 AM EDT

By Jared Perlo

WASHINGTON — Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary appeared to dig in his heels in recent days after facing backlash on all sides over a planned 40,000-acre AI data center campus in Utah — that’s roughly twice the size of Manhattan. But now he’s willing to shrink the project.

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