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How Utah locals fought Kevin O’Leary’s AI data center

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Josh Dzieza criticizes how data-center deals proceed without local residents’ participation and discusses the Stratos project in Box Elder County. He says, “At no part in this chain are local residents a player.” He adds that “no one bothered to tell anyone in Box Elder County that anything was coming.”. Lies 5 Standpunkte mit Belegen und Links zu den Originalquellen.

Nilay PatelJosh Dzieza
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  • Data-center projects can be real despite parallels with Foxconn

    Dzieza says data centers are being built and can make sense in some cases, unlike the Foxconn LCD-factory project in Wisconsin. Even so, he found more parallels between the projects than he expected.

    Unterstützendes Moment lesen · Absatz 9

  • The rush for funding can clash with politics

    Patel sees a conflict between politics and an industry seeking hyperscaler funding by completing deals and permitting as quickly as possible.

    Unterstützendes Moment lesen · Absatz 56

  • Dzieza says local residents are left out of development deals

    Dzieza says local residents are absent from the development process. He cites Stratos, where he says no one informed people in Box Elder County about what was coming.

    Unterstützendes Moment lesen · Absatz 66

  • A large project announcement does not establish funding

    Dzieza describes developers announcing large possible projects to attract a company such as Meta. A site’s power capacity, footprint and possible permits do not mean construction funding is in place. He calls these “paper data centers” a symptom of a broader race.

    Unterstützendes Moment lesen · Absatz 64

  • Dzieza sees little support beyond officials and developers

    Dzieza says he has found little pro-data-center support beyond builders and state officials attracted by tax revenue. He adds that even people selling land into a project expected to be paid while disliking the development.

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Absatz 9 (wird in einem neuen Tab geöffnet)
data center development realism

Data-center projects can be real despite parallels with Foxconn

Originalauszug

I did not expect this to feel so similar to Foxconn initially, because unlike the Foxconn project, the data center buildout is real and at least theoretically can make sense in many cases. These things are actually getting built — unlike an LCD fab in the middle of Wisconsin. It turned out that there are more parallels than I thought.
Josh Dzieza·
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data center development process

The rush for funding can clash with politics

Originalauszug

There’s an entire industry that is built around trying to acquire money from hyperscalers as fast as possible by getting these deals done, by getting the permits, by going through the process as quickly as possible, and it feels like our politics and that process are in absolute conflict.
Nilay Patel·
Absatz 64 (wird in einem neuen Tab geöffnet)
infrastructure credibility

A large project announcement does not establish funding

Originalauszug

So, you have these so-called paper data centers out there, but it is a symptom of the broader race dynamic.
Josh Dzieza·
Kontext

One consequence of that is that you have a lot of announcements. A lot of announcements for developers say, “I’ve got a 10-gigawatt facility here. We’re building this gigantic facility, it’s going to be the biggest data center in the world.” This happens not just with Kevin O’Leary, but also basically what they’re saying is, “Hey Meta, if you wanted to get involved with this, you could have the biggest data center in the world. You could have a 10-gigawatt facility here.” It has that power capacity, maybe it has permitting for that and has the physical footprint for it. It doesn’t mean we have funding to build a 10-gigawatt facility or anything like that.

Absatz 66 (wird in einem neuen Tab geöffnet)
stakeholder inclusion

Dzieza says local residents are left out of development deals

Originalauszug

At no part in this chain are local residents a player. They’re just not there. They’re not part of this system. So, you have something like Stratos, where just no one bothered to tell anyone in Box Elder County that anything was coming.
Josh Dzieza·
Kontext

They’re all racing. Their concern is, “Can we get this deal together as fast as possible?” Local residents just don’t come up.

Absatz 92 (wird in einem neuen Tab geöffnet)
local acceptance

Dzieza sees little support beyond officials and developers

Originalauszug

I think it’s Trump wanting it to happen, I don’t know anyone who wants a data center in their backyard. I think that was one of the surprising things to me, that there’s not really a pro-data center constituency other than I guess state officials who see them as an attractive source of tax revenue and the people building them.
Josh Dzieza·
Kontext

Even the people who were selling land into the project were saying, “I’ll get paid, but I’m not happy this is coming.”

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