AkaSci 🛰️May 13

After a short delay of the vote last week, county commissioners approved the gargantuan Stratos AI data-center in Utah.

~40,000 acres, 9GW using gas from a nearby pipeline, plus water in a drought-stricken area.

Kevin O’Leary, the VC who appears on the TV show Shark Tank, claimed that most of the protesters don’t live locally and have been paid to object to the project.

That now seems to be the standard response from republicans and tech-bros.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash?
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"You people aren't even real locals, you had to take the bus to get here" says the billionaire who just flew in from Geneva on his private jet.

Seriously, who writes this stuff?

May 13 at 10:54pmWeb