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Premier Danielle Smith of Alberta understands the future! She’s fast-tracking innovation with over 5,000 acres ready for development, natural gas to power turbines, and the ideal climate for massive AI data centers. The world needs 30 gigawatts of data capacity. We’re only building four stateside, but the demand is... show more

Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful

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ROK KOMICS USA1 year ago

Amazing, Northern BC could do the same. What's stopping us? Oh yeah, commie Eby and the NDP.

Implicit Truths1 year ago

Westinghouse AP1000. You only need 30 of them. Cost: 1.5 billion Time: 2 years Footprint: 150 acres Output, 1 gigawatt. Fuel: 75 years. Downtime: Minimal. Can be localized. Minimal transmission. Ukraine is having 4 built right now.

CanadianJeff1 year ago

Gas is a good start. Generating units available on short notice, as short as months for the right $$. AB has uranium, so does Sask, other nuclear fuels as well. Nuclear is better long term and goes well with gas that is easier to turn on/off, pickup and drop off load.

Oat the goat1 year ago

We need you as prime minister of our country 🇨🇦A.S.A.P before it’s to late. ⏰ @kevinolearytv

Negative Ned Premium Domain Names1 year ago

3rd largest oil reserves in the world. A frigid climate that if DataCenters are built correctly, can leverage this for cooling for almost 7 - 8 months of the year (look to the prairies). Make it happen #Canada!

Topher1 year ago

This looks like a great opportunity for @mc_bee4 and @JoeMastrangelo8 to offer their best in class long duration energy storage options for this AI data center. @PoweredByEos is the answer to your energy solution. $EOSE #TopherSellsStorage

🇺🇲 Bernie 🇺🇸1 year ago

Kevin I have a 1200 acres site in Atlanta I am working on for a Data Center. I am on the hunt for other sites that can be entitled and would love to connect. Please DM me a contact to discuss this and other options in West Virginia!

Rubin McLeod1 year ago

When can you expect to break ground?? I've been in thr civil construction industry out Grande Prairie for 25 years.....the city is a buzz since this announcement

Bizarre5191 year ago

Just think, after she rams another couple of million or so Indians into the province, I'm sure that shiny infrastructure will make Canada great again, just not for actual Canadians.

Wayne Lodge1 year ago

Alberta should become a state! “The great state of Alberta” 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Where can I get 7 Gigawatts of power? I found it in Northern Alberta. The province is being run by a MAVERICK woman, Danielle Smith, who’s very friendly with Burgum, Stitt and the Trump administration. She has provided a permit for me for thousands of acres and 200 trillion cubic square feet of natural gas. This will be the lowest cost data center in the world. It’s a HUGE project and I’m traveling all over the world to raise $70 billion. We’re off to the races!

Where can I get 7 Gigawatts of power? I found it in Northern Alberta. The province is being run by a MAVERICK woman, Danielle Smith, who’s very friendly with Burgum, Stitt and the Trump administration. She has provided a permit for me for thousands of acres and 200 trillion cubic square feet of natural gas. This will be the lowest cost data center in the world. It’s a HUGE project and I’m traveling all over the world to raise $70 billion. We’re off to the races!

Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful

221,938 views • 1 year ago

$People in Utah have started asking us an important question, when you build these power facilities for AI data centers, can some of that energy be sold back into the local grid? The answer is yes. That completely changes the conversation. Instead of being seen as “the evil data center guys,” we can help power Utah’s grid while also building critical AI infrastructure for the future. And despite the headlines, we’re not building the world’s largest data center overnight. We’re starting with just 1.5 gigawatts with 1 gigawatt of net IT load a small fraction of the long-term proposal and proving the model first. And it’s not a 40,000 acre data center. Our project a full build out will span 10-13k acres 7,500 of which will be preserved. We want the people of Box Elder County to come see it themselves, the EPA air quality standards, the water permits, the noise compliance, and how the project actually operates before anything scales further.$

People in Utah have started asking us an important question, when you build these power facilities for AI data centers, can some of that energy be sold back into the local grid? The answer is yes. That completely changes the conversation. Instead of being seen as “the evil data center guys,” we can help power Utah’s grid while also building critical AI infrastructure for the future. And despite the headlines, we’re not building the world’s largest data center overnight. We’re starting with just 1.5 gigawatts with 1 gigawatt of net IT load a small fraction of the long-term proposal and proving the model first. And it’s not a 40,000 acre data center. Our project a full build out will span 10-13k acres 7,500 of which will be preserved. We want the people of Box Elder County to come see it themselves, the EPA air quality standards, the water permits, the noise compliance, and how the project actually operates before anything scales further.

Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful

71,642 views • 3 months ago

Kevin O’Leary: “I think the new play is energy” How do you supply enough energy to advance the economy and all this AI demand? With the AI buildout requiring 100+ gigawatts of power and compute, it’s clear there will be massive winners across energy, data centers, and hardware

Kevin O’Leary: “I think the new play is energy” How do you supply enough energy to advance the economy and all this AI demand? With the AI buildout requiring 100+ gigawatts of power and compute, it’s clear there will be massive winners across energy, data centers, and hardware

Small Cap Snipa

57,806 views • 6 months ago

AI, data centers, national security, none of it works without power. You can’t plug massive data centers into local grids anymore. It drives energy prices up for hospitals, homes, and entire communities. Permits get denied. Projects die. The only solution right now is building power generation alongside data centers, fast, reliable, and scalable. Natural gas is the bridge. Nuclear is too slow. China understands this. They build first and ask questions later. If we don’t fix permitting and power generation quickly, we fall behind... economically, technologically, and strategically. This isn’t political. It’s reality.

AI, data centers, national security, none of it works without power. You can’t plug massive data centers into local grids anymore. It drives energy prices up for hospitals, homes, and entire communities. Permits get denied. Projects die. The only solution right now is building power generation alongside data centers, fast, reliable, and scalable. Natural gas is the bridge. Nuclear is too slow. China understands this. They build first and ask questions later. If we don’t fix permitting and power generation quickly, we fall behind... economically, technologically, and strategically. This isn’t political. It’s reality.

Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful

26,348 views • 7 months ago

Saying "NO AI data centers" won't end in victory. They'll just build them anyways. If you truly want to make a difference, you need to say, "No data centers, UNLESS..." Turn it into a negotiation instead of a war, so we can fight over what really matters. No data centers UNLESS they're not draining our energy. In fact, you could say, "you want 10 gigawatts of power? Ok, YOU pay for it. And because we’re allowing you to do it, you have to produce 15 gigawatts of power and give the excess to the grid." It's a win-win and YOU control the terms.

Saying "NO AI data centers" won't end in victory. They'll just build them anyways. If you truly want to make a difference, you need to say, "No data centers, UNLESS..." Turn it into a negotiation instead of a war, so we can fight over what really matters. No data centers UNLESS they're not draining our energy. In fact, you could say, "you want 10 gigawatts of power? Ok, YOU pay for it. And because we’re allowing you to do it, you have to produce 15 gigawatts of power and give the excess to the grid." It's a win-win and YOU control the terms.

Glenn Beck

70,593 views • 2 months ago

🚨 JUST IN: Elon Musk's xAI reveals to President Trump they just committed to developing 1.2 GIGAWATTS of power for their primary supercomputer and data center power source This ensures regular Americans DO NOT pay higher electricity bills! 👏🏻🇺🇸 "That will be for every additional data center as well." "We will expand what is already the largest global Megapack power instillation in the world." "The instillation will provide enough backup power to power the city of Memphis, and more than sufficient energy to power to the town of Southaven, Mississippi where the data center resides!" Huge win!

🚨 JUST IN: Elon Musk's xAI reveals to President Trump they just committed to developing 1.2 GIGAWATTS of power for their primary supercomputer and data center power source This ensures regular Americans DO NOT pay higher electricity bills! 👏🏻🇺🇸 "That will be for every additional data center as well." "We will expand what is already the largest global Megapack power instillation in the world." "The instillation will provide enough backup power to power the city of Memphis, and more than sufficient energy to power to the town of Southaven, Mississippi where the data center resides!" Huge win!

Eric Daugherty

115,770 views • 5 months ago

China is eating our lunch on AI power. Period. You can dream about data centers in space and cities on Mars, and I love the vision, Elon executes, no question. But here on Earth, right now, we have a brutal reality problem. The grid is tapped out, demand for AI data centers is exploding, and we are nowhere close to keeping up. China added roughly 500 gigawatts of power last year. We added excuses. Nuclear matters, but it's 10 to 15 years away and AI does not wait. That is why my money is going into stranded natural gas, combined cycle turbines, and massive land tied directly to permits, power, fiber, water, and air rights all in one place. Whoever controls reliable, scalable power wins, and if we don't fix the grid fast, we lose.

China is eating our lunch on AI power. Period. You can dream about data centers in space and cities on Mars, and I love the vision, Elon executes, no question. But here on Earth, right now, we have a brutal reality problem. The grid is tapped out, demand for AI data centers is exploding, and we are nowhere close to keeping up. China added roughly 500 gigawatts of power last year. We added excuses. Nuclear matters, but it's 10 to 15 years away and AI does not wait. That is why my money is going into stranded natural gas, combined cycle turbines, and massive land tied directly to permits, power, fiber, water, and air rights all in one place. Whoever controls reliable, scalable power wins, and if we don't fix the grid fast, we lose.

Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful

51,438 views • 6 months ago

My first interview with US Secretary of Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Scott Nolan, Founder of General Matter. This conversation is on nuclear and how we're going to power the AI data center buildout. 0:07 Powering the AI data center boom 3:25 Biggest energy bottlenecks over the next five years 6:03 Ramping power generation before we have SMRs 16:06 Bridging the nuclear transition with natural gas 21:39 What if we’re underestimating how much power we’ll need for AI 27:10 Staying ahead of China 34:07 Why AI is hated + the fear of AI data centers driving up electricity prices 40:21 Increasing baseload capacity 42:50 Building hundreds of gigawatts by 2050 49:37 Copying the SpaceX playbook 53:14 Incentivizing founders to build ahead of demand 59:03 “If you want to build big things in America, come talk to the government”

My first interview with US Secretary of Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Scott Nolan, Founder of General Matter. This conversation is on nuclear and how we're going to power the AI data center buildout. 0:07 Powering the AI data center boom 3:25 Biggest energy bottlenecks over the next five years 6:03 Ramping power generation before we have SMRs 16:06 Bridging the nuclear transition with natural gas 21:39 What if we’re underestimating how much power we’ll need for AI 27:10 Staying ahead of China 34:07 Why AI is hated + the fear of AI data centers driving up electricity prices 40:21 Increasing baseload capacity 42:50 Building hundreds of gigawatts by 2050 49:37 Copying the SpaceX playbook 53:14 Incentivizing founders to build ahead of demand 59:03 “If you want to build big things in America, come talk to the government”

Ti Morse

111,682 views • 3 months ago

Why wouldn’t China want more data centers built in the United States? Simple, the nation that leads in AI will lead the future, economically, technologically, and militarily. We’re already seeing it happen in real time as AI drives unprecedented productivity and margin expansion across every sector of the economy. While America debates permits, regulations, and protests over data centers, China is rapidly building power infrastructure and scaling compute capacity as fast as possible. This race is no longer theoretical. Whoever has the most compute, the best models, and the strongest infrastructure will shape the next era of global power.

Why wouldn’t China want more data centers built in the United States? Simple, the nation that leads in AI will lead the future, economically, technologically, and militarily. We’re already seeing it happen in real time as AI drives unprecedented productivity and margin expansion across every sector of the economy. While America debates permits, regulations, and protests over data centers, China is rapidly building power infrastructure and scaling compute capacity as fast as possible. This race is no longer theoretical. Whoever has the most compute, the best models, and the strongest infrastructure will shape the next era of global power.

Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful

35,533 views • 3 months ago

Woman who lives in Virginia says her county alone has over 50 Data Centers and now they are being asked to conserve both power and water “Our temperatures are about to hit an average of 120° across the state, but you want us to preserve water and power so the data centers can run, and we're going to be the ones fitting the bill for all that power that gets used up” She’s absolutely correct I verified that parts of Virginia are sending conservation requests to residents For those that don’t know how bad it is in Virginia Data Center Alley alone in Northern Virginia hosts the world’s largest concentration of data centers, around 600–685 facilities with many more planned Things are only going to get worse

Woman who lives in Virginia says her county alone has over 50 Data Centers and now they are being asked to conserve both power and water “Our temperatures are about to hit an average of 120° across the state, but you want us to preserve water and power so the data centers can run, and we're going to be the ones fitting the bill for all that power that gets used up” She’s absolutely correct I verified that parts of Virginia are sending conservation requests to residents For those that don’t know how bad it is in Virginia Data Center Alley alone in Northern Virginia hosts the world’s largest concentration of data centers, around 600–685 facilities with many more planned Things are only going to get worse

Wall Street Apes

120,506 views • 1 month ago

Canadians are struggling with affordability, but the solution isn’t more handouts, it’s firing up our economy again. We have the cheapest energy in North America, trillions of cubic feet of natural gas, and the perfect conditions to power the AI boom with massive data centers. That means tens of thousands of high-paying jobs right here at home. We have the power — literally. The question is, will we use it?

Canadians are struggling with affordability, but the solution isn’t more handouts, it’s firing up our economy again. We have the cheapest energy in North America, trillions of cubic feet of natural gas, and the perfect conditions to power the AI boom with massive data centers. That means tens of thousands of high-paying jobs right here at home. We have the power — literally. The question is, will we use it?

Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful

30,242 views • 11 months ago

I like the hype but there's no power left in the grid. You have to actually build a turbine gas powered because nuclear power is 19 years away. The only places you can do that right now, and I've got projects in all these locations is: West Virginia, North Dakota, and Alberta, Canada. Why? Because they have massive amounts of stranded gas. Frank McCourt and I announced that $70 billion project. We're gonna do it up in Grand Prairie, Alberta, the largest data center on earth at the lowest cost of energy. I think we're not gonna have a hard time getting tenants at all.

I like the hype but there's no power left in the grid. You have to actually build a turbine gas powered because nuclear power is 19 years away. The only places you can do that right now, and I've got projects in all these locations is: West Virginia, North Dakota, and Alberta, Canada. Why? Because they have massive amounts of stranded gas. Frank McCourt and I announced that $70 billion project. We're gonna do it up in Grand Prairie, Alberta, the largest data center on earth at the lowest cost of energy. I think we're not gonna have a hard time getting tenants at all.

Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful

58,308 views • 1 year ago

🚨 KEVIN O’LEARY’S “WORLD’S LARGEST DATA CENTER” JUST GOT APPROVED — AND PEOPLE ARE LOSING IT Kevin O’Leary...aka Mr. Wonderful's AI megaproject in Utah just got the green light… despite massive local backlash. • 40,000 acres (≈ 2.5x Manhattan) • Estimated 9 GIGAWATTS of power • More energy than entire U.S. states • Set to become the largest data center on Earth — by far Hundreds showed up to fight it. Didn’t matter. The commission approved it anyway. Did they just build the backbone of the future… or sell out an entire region for it? 📹: moreperfectunion

🚨 KEVIN O’LEARY’S “WORLD’S LARGEST DATA CENTER” JUST GOT APPROVED — AND PEOPLE ARE LOSING IT Kevin O’Leary...aka Mr. Wonderful's AI megaproject in Utah just got the green light… despite massive local backlash. • 40,000 acres (≈ 2.5x Manhattan) • Estimated 9 GIGAWATTS of power • More energy than entire U.S. states • Set to become the largest data center on Earth — by far Hundreds showed up to fight it. Didn’t matter. The commission approved it anyway. Did they just build the backbone of the future… or sell out an entire region for it? 📹: moreperfectunion

HustleBitch

232,237 views • 3 months ago

CNBC: How GE Vernova builds the massive gas turbines powering the AI data center boom > GE Vernova’s $GEV order book is full until 2029, with orders going as far out as 2031. > Hyperscalers like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle are lining up to buy the company’s gas turbines to help power AI data centers. > Executives from nearly every major hyperscaler have walked the floor of the factory, according to a person familiar with the visits, who asked not to be named because the details are not public. > The turbines are massive, at 31 feet tall and weighing 280 tons. One turbine can power roughly half a million homes. > Microsoft just bought seven of them to power its data center in Texas. At 2.7 gigawatts, it’s enough electricity to power about 3 million homes. > "About 20% of our gas power order book is going to a data center, artificial intelligence-type of application." - Koziner, Chief Commercial and Operations Officer of GE Vernova. > One turbine can cost more than $250 million, according to industry estimates. The price has soared, up 300% in the last 3 years, according to analysts at Melius.

CNBC: How GE Vernova builds the massive gas turbines powering the AI data center boom > GE Vernova’s $GEV order book is full until 2029, with orders going as far out as 2031. > Hyperscalers like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle are lining up to buy the company’s gas turbines to help power AI data centers. > Executives from nearly every major hyperscaler have walked the floor of the factory, according to a person familiar with the visits, who asked not to be named because the details are not public. > The turbines are massive, at 31 feet tall and weighing 280 tons. One turbine can power roughly half a million homes. > Microsoft just bought seven of them to power its data center in Texas. At 2.7 gigawatts, it’s enough electricity to power about 3 million homes. > "About 20% of our gas power order book is going to a data center, artificial intelligence-type of application." - Koziner, Chief Commercial and Operations Officer of GE Vernova. > One turbine can cost more than $250 million, according to industry estimates. The price has soared, up 300% in the last 3 years, according to analysts at Melius.

P Equity Research 📰

54,678 views • 1 month ago

Capacity is old thinking. With AI and data centers, we need to measure capabilities over capacity. 1% flexibility = 15 gigawatts saved in ERCOT. That’s what researchers at Duke found: if Texas AI data centers flexed just 1% of their hours, it could offset the equivalent of 15 GW of new load. We keep talking about AI terms of gigawatts and capacity. But we should be focused on gigawatt-hours and capabilities. More energy spread across the year can mean economic growth, re-shoring of American manufacturing, lots of jobs, winning the global race for AGI, AND lower costs for small consumers, if we use energy wisely. Key takeaways from my conversation with Lynne Kiesling: ⚡ Capacity is old thinking, digital tech enables capabilities ⚡ Demand flexibility is valuable, but we don't have price signals for all forms of flexibility yet ⚡ AI data centers can be part of the solution, not just the problem The bottom line: AI demand doesn’t have to break the Texas grid. If we build flexibility into the system, it could strengthen it. 👉 Full conversation in the comments.

Capacity is old thinking. With AI and data centers, we need to measure capabilities over capacity. 1% flexibility = 15 gigawatts saved in ERCOT. That’s what researchers at Duke found: if Texas AI data centers flexed just 1% of their hours, it could offset the equivalent of 15 GW of new load. We keep talking about AI terms of gigawatts and capacity. But we should be focused on gigawatt-hours and capabilities. More energy spread across the year can mean economic growth, re-shoring of American manufacturing, lots of jobs, winning the global race for AGI, AND lower costs for small consumers, if we use energy wisely. Key takeaways from my conversation with Lynne Kiesling: ⚡ Capacity is old thinking, digital tech enables capabilities ⚡ Demand flexibility is valuable, but we don't have price signals for all forms of flexibility yet ⚡ AI data centers can be part of the solution, not just the problem The bottom line: AI demand doesn’t have to break the Texas grid. If we build flexibility into the system, it could strengthen it. 👉 Full conversation in the comments.

Doug Lewin

11,559 views • 11 months ago

We spoke with Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros (Analyst @SemiAnalysis) about the US data center race: "Since mid-2023, there's a frantic search for power happening in the US and worldwide." "There's ~500 gigawatts of data center load requests in the US which is a figure close to the nation's actual peak load." "Only 20% of these projects may be real by 2030." "Tax breaks, expedited permits, and on-site power solutions are key in this competition."

We spoke with Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros (Analyst @SemiAnalysis) about the US data center race: "Since mid-2023, there's a frantic search for power happening in the US and worldwide." "There's ~500 gigawatts of data center load requests in the US which is a figure close to the nation's actual peak load." "Only 20% of these projects may be real by 2030." "Tax breaks, expedited permits, and on-site power solutions are key in this competition."

TBPN

59,357 views • 1 year ago

Brad Gerstner: Elon Just Merged the Two Biggest Markets in the World Brad Gerstner: “You're merging the two biggest TAMs in the world, right?” “All of artificial intelligence and all of space, together with the world's greatest entrepreneur.” “(Elon) said, ‘I'm going to have datacenters in space in 30 months,’ right?” “And if you're going to have a massive cost advantage with data centers in space – and remember, power is the proxy, power is the primitive to AI – if you can deliver that, then Elon’s your guy, and the combination of those make perfect sense.” “But Elon is like, kind of an N-of-one in his ability to dream this.” “I think that there will be dramatic retail demand and institutional demand, who want to bet on that future.”

Brad Gerstner: Elon Just Merged the Two Biggest Markets in the World Brad Gerstner: “You're merging the two biggest TAMs in the world, right?” “All of artificial intelligence and all of space, together with the world's greatest entrepreneur.” “(Elon) said, ‘I'm going to have datacenters in space in 30 months,’ right?” “And if you're going to have a massive cost advantage with data centers in space – and remember, power is the proxy, power is the primitive to AI – if you can deliver that, then Elon’s your guy, and the combination of those make perfect sense.” “But Elon is like, kind of an N-of-one in his ability to dream this.” “I think that there will be dramatic retail demand and institutional demand, who want to bet on that future.”

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333,435 views • 6 months ago

New Data Center the size of 40 football fields planned in Utah - 40,000 acres of private land in Hansel Valley - Utah is in widespread drought but the Data Center will use 977 million gallons of water per year - An additional 1,200 acres of military and state-owned land - Land tied to Hill Air Force Base, Utah Test and Training Range and National Guard sites - It’s one of the largest proposed data center campuses in the US - Promoted as potentially the largest in the world, with up to 9 GW of on-site power generation - Utah already has 48 operational data centers They will get tax break incentives - Energy use tax slashed from 6% to 0.5%. - 80% rebate on personal property taxes for equipment and servers Insanity

New Data Center the size of 40 football fields planned in Utah - 40,000 acres of private land in Hansel Valley - Utah is in widespread drought but the Data Center will use 977 million gallons of water per year - An additional 1,200 acres of military and state-owned land - Land tied to Hill Air Force Base, Utah Test and Training Range and National Guard sites - It’s one of the largest proposed data center campuses in the US - Promoted as potentially the largest in the world, with up to 9 GW of on-site power generation - Utah already has 48 operational data centers They will get tax break incentives - Energy use tax slashed from 6% to 0.5%. - 80% rebate on personal property taxes for equipment and servers Insanity

Wall Street Apes

69,055 views • 3 months ago

In Tamil Nadu, the vision takes shape through Digital Sangam, a Sovereign AI Research Park. It is a landmark public-private partnership of the State with Sarvam and IIT Madras. At its core will be a 20MW AI-optimized data center, which will power both research and e-governance workloads. Tamil Nadu will leverage its lead in building state data centers and digitisation, to make every aspect of governance AI-ready. This will further enhance the state’s abilities to provide welfare at population-scale, while cementing it as a preferred choice for advanced manufacturing.

In Tamil Nadu, the vision takes shape through Digital Sangam, a Sovereign AI Research Park. It is a landmark public-private partnership of the State with Sarvam and IIT Madras. At its core will be a 20MW AI-optimized data center, which will power both research and e-governance workloads. Tamil Nadu will leverage its lead in building state data centers and digitisation, to make every aspect of governance AI-ready. This will further enhance the state’s abilities to provide welfare at population-scale, while cementing it as a preferred choice for advanced manufacturing.

Pratyush Kumar

12,378 views • 6 months ago