As residents of America’s 13th largest state Utah took to streets to protest setting up of datacentres, billionaire Kevin O’Leary sees a ‘Chinese angle’

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary believes data centre protests in the US may have a Chinese ‘connection’. The Canadian billionaire investor suggested that these protests may be influenced by foreign actors after a proposed 40,000-acre data centre project in Utah, which he backed, faced opposition from locals. He has reportedly highlighted that groups linked to China, after residents of the state took to the streets to protest the development.

According to a report by The Washington Post, the comments came after demonstrations in Salt Lake City against the project, which is backed by O’Leary and planned for a largely undeveloped area in northwestern Utah.