Dubbed the Stratos Project, the data farm is the brainchild of Kevin O’Leary, a Canadian businessman and former “Shark Tank” star, who says the facility will rely on the “best technology.” When brought fully online, it's projected to generate and use nearly double the amount of power already consumed by the entire state of Utah. Matteo Wong has reported on other projects like this, but really, he says, what's being planned for Box Elder County is without precedent across America. Wong joins us to talk about about what happens when big data centers come to rural country.
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- Matteo Wong is a staff writer for The Atlantic. His recent article is called "Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers".
Podcast date: May 7, 2026