The People of Utah vs. Kevin O’Leary
The Verge Josh Dzieza ● Covered by 2 sources
Kevin O’Leary promoted his planned Wonder Valley data center in Utah as a national-security project aimed at providing compute capacity for AI, then later attributed rising online criticism to Chinese agents, prompting a retraction and an apology from Fox Business. He said he noticed a “sudden increase” after county commissioners approved the project the week before and later posted clarification that he had “no evidence” of China links. Local officials and records described the project as moving with urgency and limited disclosure, including commissioners being told about it only about five weeks before their expected vote, leading to defamation litigation.
Why it matters
On the morning of May 11th, the celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary appeared on Fox Business and announced that he was under attack by Chinese agents. For weeks, he had been going on TV and posting online to tout his project, called Wonder Valley, after his nickname from the reality show Shark Tank, Mr. Wonderful. It […]
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