Kevin O’Leary agrees to downsize massive Utah data center

凯文·奥利里同意缩减犹他州大型数据中心规模

Kevin O’Leary agreed to halve the size of his planned 40,000-acre data center in Utah amid mounting pressure from residents and activists, as reported earlier by local affiliate ABC4. The Shark Tank star sent a letter to Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams on Thursday, saying that he will remove 19,430 acres from the project, located in and around the Locomotive Springs Waterfowl Management Area.

据当地媒体 ABC4 此前报道，在居民和活动人士日益高涨的压力下，凯文·奥利里（Kevin O’Leary）同意将其计划在犹他州建设的 4 万英亩数据中心规模缩减一半。这位《创智赢家》（Shark Tank）明星周四致信犹他州参议院议长 J. 斯图尔特·亚当斯（J. Stuart Adams），表示将从位于机车泉水禽类管理区（Locomotive Springs Waterfowl Management Area）及其周边的项目中剔除 19,430 英亩土地。

The change comes just days after Adams called on O’Leary to slash the size of his Project Stratos data center by 75 percent, which would reduce it to about 10,000 acres. Adams also asked O’Leary to implement technology that minimizes water consumption, as well as to divert excess water to the Great Salt Lake, which continues to shrink.

就在几天前，亚当斯曾呼吁奥利里将其“平流层项目”（Project Stratos）数据中心的规模削减 75%，即缩减至约 1 万英亩。亚当斯还要求奥利里采用能最大限度减少耗水量的技术，并将多余的水引流至持续萎缩的大盐湖。

O’Leary also said in the letter that he’ll cut another 620 acres in the northeast portion of the project near the highway, adding that he will “preserve a majority of the remaining acreage as open space.” Even with a smaller footprint of around 20,000 acres, Project Stratos will still cover an area larger than Manhattan — and data centers a fraction of this size still pose major concerns surrounding energy usage, impact on the environment, and pollution.

奥利里在信中还表示，他将削减项目东北部靠近高速公路的另外 620 英亩土地，并补充说他将“把剩余大部分土地作为开放空间保留下来”。即便缩减至约 2 万英亩，平流层项目的占地面积依然超过曼哈顿——而即便只有其几分之一大小的数据中心，在能源消耗、环境影响和污染方面仍会引发重大担忧。