Inside our months-long investigation into Kevin O’Leary’s Utah data center debacle

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: The Verge

What happened

Today I’m talking with Josh Dzieza, a longtime features writer here at The Verge, about Kevin O’Leary’s plans to build a massive data center in Utah.

Key facts

  • Reported by The Verge and published Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:39:48 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

What to watch next

  • Availability, pricing and rollout regions
  • Independent testing or verification of the claims made
  • Responses from regulators and competing platforms

Coverage timeline

When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

  1. Inside our months-long investigation into Kevin O’Leary’s Utah data center debacle

  2. Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash

Sources

The original report was published by The Verge. WorldPing does not claim that reporting — this page summarises and contextualises it.

Read the full report at The Verge

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