Kevin O'Leary's 9 Gigawatt Utah data center campus approved

[paul@oldfriends.live]

Kevin O'Leary's 9 Gigawatt Utah data center campus approved

New AI data center in Utah will reportedly generate and consume more than twice the amount of power the entire state uses

The 40,000-acre project will run entirely off-grid using natural gas

At full buildout, the campus would reach 9 GW, all produced on-site through a connection to the Ruby Pipeline, a 680-mile interstate natural gas line that crosses northern Utah on its route from Wyoming to Oregon.

New AI data center in Utah will generate and consume more than twice the amount of power the entire state uses — Kevin O'Leary's 9 Gigawatt Utah data center campus approved

The 40,000-acre project will run entirely off-grid using natural gas.

Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)

[danny@strangeminds.social]

@paul unless I missed it, I didn't see any mention on how the complex will be cooled

[paul@oldfriends.live]

@danny I didn't see it, either

Box Elder County houses half of the Great Salt Lake, which is already deteriorating. Look at what it was and what it is... It has lost 73% of its water and 60% of its surface area already to recent draughts.

Here is the link to the entire article that Tom's Hardware rehashed from the Salt Lake Tribune:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04/25/hyperscale-data-center-may-be/

Great Salt Lake shrinking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Salt_Lake#Shrinking