cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/technology/p/1462160/kevin-o-leary-s-massive-data-center-project-in-utah-gets-the-greenlight-locals-are-furious
The project would be more than twice the size of Manhattan and could consume more electricity than the entire state currently uses. > > Some quotes near the end that I want to point out. > > For his part, O’Leary has claimed, without evidence, that much of the opposition to the project was “paid” and that the meeting was filled with “professional protestors.” > “We think that over 90% of the protestors are actually not people that live in Utah or Box Elder County. They’re being bussed in,” O’Leary said in a video posted on X. > He also claimed backlash on social media surrounding the project was AI-generated. > > I mean sure, might as well keep using that playbook it's not like it ever stopped working, but at this point I'm shocked these assholes don't just go "And there's nothing you peasants can do about it! Mwauahahaha"
40 Comments
lmdnw@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 141d
Would be a shame if people in the community were to sabotage the construction and destroy any expensive equipment or materials.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 33 pts · 141d
All it takes is a pound of sugar to ruin a ton of concrete.
TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 141d
Not as ruined as you’d hope I fear. Plus a literal ton of concrete isn’t that much due to the density. I.e. you’d need a metric f ton of sugar to be effective.
Maybe a pound of gasoline to burn the truck instead?
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 141d
Source
1 pound is about .5% well within the necessary amounts, and you do not need to ruin every square foot of concrete to make the structure unusable.
TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 141d
I know we’re all joking anyway, but the sugar method is stepping over dollars to pick up dimes. They do slump and crush tests on all the concrete poured for anything important.
How would a person execute this plan at scale?
Guess I’m no criminal mastermind, or maybe just no mind at all.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 4 pts · 141d
They usually pull those samples just before the truck leaves the plant. That doesn't stop someone on site adding some sugar as it's leaving the truck. Construction has one of the biggest day labor usage rates.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 141d
Or put the sugar in the fuel tank?
redsand@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 141d
Did you know all construction equipment is fleet keyed? More shocking, most service panels don't require a key at all. Crazier still, people can print the keys now days, they don't even need the spares on eBay.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 141d
Would be a shame if people kicked Kevin on the balls on sight.
Ariselas@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 141d
All that copper and precious metals, gotta get meth heads off criticality converters and onto data centres
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 141d
They're mormons. They'll put a cup of coffee by the construction site and say the devil is in the fiber optics, then pass a bill to ban porn on the internet if it comes from California
londos@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 141d
Does he even live in Utah?
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 141d
No, his houses are in Boston and somewhere in Florida.
FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 141d
Enhance.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 141d
O'Leary
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 141d
so very on point: YOU CAN'T TRUST THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE OUTSIDERS!
says the outsider wanting to use all their power and water for a datacenter
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 141d
Nope. He's killing people on lakes around Muskoka, Canada.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 141d
That was his wife and it was dark.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 140d
sure it was.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 140d
I just think it's hilarious that speeding and killing people is somehow okay if it's dark out - it seems like a very obvious loophole that should be fixed.
Rooster326@programming.dev · 7 pts · 141d
Said the only man in the room rich enough to have people bussed in for a council meeting.
hash@slrpnk.net · 43 pts · 141d
I live in Utah. This passed unanimously after the councilmembers ran to a private room and didn't take public comment. Protesters most certainly were not bussed in and the public truly is pissed. While the vote passed I doubt this is over.
xtr0n@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 141d
I hope this ghoul sinks all of his money into this bubble and dies penniless. I know it won’t happen but a gal can dream.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 141d
Very high chance of this.
Kevin O'Leary is a chronic loser. He typically heads investment funds and they typically lose. His own O'Leary fund underperformed until it had to be sold off. He made some money on a $3B software deal with Mattel that lost Mattel $3B.
Small wonder he loves Trump.
Unleaded8163@fedia.io · 19 pts · 141d
Kevin O'Leary and AI data centres go together like flies and shit.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 141d
“Paid professional protesters.”
These clowns haven’t had an original lie in over a decade.
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 141d
MMW. Kevin O'Leary will be the first person in history to be capitally punished via wristwatch. I don't know how. I just know that.
etherphon@piefed.world · 10 pts · 141d
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 141d
If Sharks weren't scared shitless of Orcas they could team up next time he goes on a boat.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 141d
Orcas wearing Kevin O'leary's head as a fashion statement?
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 141d
Given that an orca really has very few features on which it can "wear" something, I think the most feasible would be a sort of bandoleer or vest.. an orca wearing a bandoleer of billionaire heads sounds pretty badass IMHO
MushuChupacabra@piefed.world · 12 pts · 141d
Data Centers have woefully low levels of security per kilogram of copper held within.
justlemmyin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 141d
Who is this temu Picard?
cheers_queers@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 141d
shark tank
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 141d
yes, yes we'll get to that, but first, who is he?
/s
angelmountain@lemy.nl · 7 pts · 141d
Can we just stop doing capitalism already? I've seen enough of it by now.
chilicheeselies@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 141d
Who is this data center even for though? Like, who is the customer of a data center this large? Are AWS availabilty zones even cmose to this large?
I mean really, who is leasing this equipment?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 141d
They'll sell it to slc for fifty bil
parson0@startrek.website · 7 pts · 141d
Totally unrelated fun fact, but I heard a few pounds of sugar can do significant damage to a truckload of concrete if mixed in.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 140d
I wanna be a paid professional protester but I can't find anyone whose hiring.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 140d
That would be quite the job lol.
verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 1 pts · 141d