#wondervalleyutah — Public Fediverse posts

Only about half of the data centre decision-makers surveyed said they were holding public forums or investing in local initiatives, while recent national polling shows that only 33% of developers are addressing grid reliability, and only 29% are responding to water consumption concerns.

The report authors suggest “a disconnect between engagement efforts and community priorities.”

You’d think data centre developers would pay attention to communities…but, no. I guess at least $64 billion, 18 state bills and 86 local moratoriums proposed across the U.S. isn’t enough to convince them?

#ableg #cdnpoli #emissions #electricitygrid #AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #WonderValleyAlberta #wondervalleyUtah #stratos

https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/community-pushback-blocks-64b-in

"From our perspective, it's business as usual," said Paul Palandjian, the O'Leary Digital co-founder and chief executive officer.

The electoral campaigning "saw a fair amount of misinformation — including a development footprint described as far larger than what's actually planned and claims about heat that simply aren't how the technology works," he said. "That had an effect, and politics is politics. But the facts haven't changed, and neither have we. We're steadfast, and we're moving forward."

Box Elder county resident: O'Leary's totally tone deaf on the project and so are the people that are pushing the project."

#wondervalleyUtah #Stratos #Utah #AIDataCenters #ableg

https://www.ksl.com/article/51540082/data-center-developers-move-forward-despite-voter-backlash-aimed-at-sen-adams-others

This. Share widely.

#WonderValleyAlberta #WonderValleyUtah #Stratos #AIDataCenters

Well, would you look at this...!

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/06/23/utah-senate-president-j-stuart/

#utah #Stratos #WonderValleyAlberta #WonderValleyUtah #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

There are some excellent researchers/writers out there looking into Kevin O'Leary and Wonder Valley and I so appreciate them!

https://blundervalley.ca/blog/the-wonder-valley-files-pt-1/

#wondervalleyAlberta #WonderValleyUtah #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres

Also noteworthy, they are directing people to the same website that O'Leary has set up for the Stratos project in Utah.

https://www.olearydigital.ai

#utah #wondervalleyUtah #stratos

Checking my notes: I went back and reread an interview I did about Wonder Valley Utah. And I followed up with an Alberta official who now says he may have been “misinformed” about Utah.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/wonder-valley-watch-unanswered-questions

#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AIdataCentres #AIdataCenters #utah #stratos #WonderValleyAlberta #WonderValleyUtah

ICYMI: Kevin O’Leary might possibly be the most hated man in Utah right now. Read more in my newsletter.

Updated with the latest developments from Box Elder County and the Hansel Valley.

https://jodymacpherson.substack.com/p/opposition-mounts-as-olearys-data?r=b0efu

#pensionFunds #followthemoney #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #WonderValleyAlberta #WonderValleyUtah #Stratos #utahpolitics #cdnpoli #environment #climate #abpoli

A week after Utah Senate President Stuart Adams signed off on the Stratos AI data centre via his role as chair of the Military Installation Development Authority, his Political Action Committee (PAC) received $135,000 from five different companies/individuals who have done business with MIDA in the past.

There’s no evidence any have a direct connection to O’Leary’s AI data centre but they include construction companies, electrical contractors and developers.

Each made $20-40,000 donations, doubling the amount the PAC already had in its bank account.

“Adams is fighting for his political life in the most competitive re-election campaign of his career.”

https://utahpolitics.news/stuart-adams-pac-mida-donors-data-center-approval/

#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #WonderValleyAlberta #WonderValleyUtah #Stratos #Utah #utahpolitics #cdnpoli #ableg #environment #climate

Kevin O'Leary has combined the Utah project with the Alberta project together on ONE website.

That's...unique.

https://olearydigital.ai

#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #WonderValleyAlberta #WonderValleyUtah #Stratos #Utah #utahpolitics #cdnpoli #ableg #environment #climate #greenweb

In five short weeks, Kevin O’Leary’s Utah version of Wonder Valley has thrown the state into a massive conflict over water, air pollution, heat islands, and the community benefits of AI data centres.

Throw in questions about property rights, accusations of paid protesters, a mysterious Department of War connection, and a Chinese government interference conspiracy…well, you’ve got a story.

Here’s my update on how a Canadian celebrity investor has shaken a US state facing a drought and water crisis.

https://www.theenergymix.com/opposition-mounts-as-olearys-data-centre-approved-in-drought-stricken-utah/

#AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #technology #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #sustainability #AIhyperscalers #WonderValleyAlberta #Stratos #WonderValleyUtah #GreatSaltLake #drought #water

We need to talk about Kevin.

There’s been a twinning of Wonder Valley.

Double the required power. Double the emissions. Double the water use.

And two communities potentially holding 26,000 acres of land for hyperscaled AI data centres, waiting for the investment dollars to come through - in one case, Albertans have been waiting for more than a year.

Behind-the-scenes on O’Leary’s latest scheme.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jodymacpherson/p/wonder-valley-watch-we-need-to-talk?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

#ableg #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #utahpolitics #Emissions #water #Climate #wondervalleyAlberta #wondervalleyutah