Investigation into the failure of Kevin O'Leary's Wonder Valley data center project in Utah
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On October 1, 2026, The Verge editor Nilay Patel interviewed journalist Josh Dzieza on the Decoder podcast about his months-long investigation: Kevin O'Leary had planned to build a data center campus in Utah called Stratos (also known as Wonder Valley), spanning 40,000 acres and consuming up to 9 gigawatts—more than twice the state's average electricity usage. The in-depth report tells why the project foundered; so far it reveals that the project was massive in scale but failed to move forward, with the reporter detailing the specific reasons for its failure in the interview.
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- The Verge · AIInside our months-long investigation into Kevin O’Leary’s Utah data center debacle
The Verge editor Nilay Patel interviews journalist Josh Dzieza on the Decoder podcast about a months-long investigation: Kevin O'Leary planned a data center campus in Utah called Stratos (also known as Wonder Valley), covering 40,000 acres and drawing 9 gigawatts — more than twice the state's average electricity usage.