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Kevin O'Leary says his huge data center will create 10,000 construction jobs. We looked at the numbers. Original

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By Ellen Thomas
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Kevin O'Leary has said his Utah data center development will create 10,000 construction jobs and 2,000 permanent roles. There's one problem: It probably won't. The "Shark Tank" investor may have overstated the data center's hiring potential during the construction phase, Business Insider learned in a conversation with O'Leary Ventures CEO Paul Palandjian. The accurate estimate is closer to 4,000 new construction jobs over 10 to 15 years — and that isn't a guarantee.
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A major watchdog says data centers are wreaking havoc on North America's power grid

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By Ellen Thomas
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Data centers are increasing the risk of power outages and blackouts — and electric grid operators aren't prepared to handle it. Loading audio narration... The North American Electric Reliability Corporation — the top grid oversight agency for the US, Canada, and parts of Mexico — issued a rare alert on Monday, urging operators to address new risks posed by the deluge of data centers connecting to the grid.
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Local data center opposition claims its latest victim: Oracle's Project Jupiter gas plant

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By Ellen Thomas
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Oracle is ditching a contentious plan to construct a natural gas plant to power one of its newest data centers. Instead, Oracle said last week that it will partner with fuel-cell maker Bloom Energy to generate on-site electricity. Dubbed Project Jupiter, the site in New Mexico is part of Oracle and OpenAI's $300 billion cloud computing contract. Project Jupiter's potential environmental impact has been the subject of intense scrutiny and speculation by the local community for months.
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