Alliance for a Better Utah

Kevin O’Leary and Fox News are being sued for defamation by two Utah-based political organizations over his claims that they were linked to the Chinese Communist Party. The lawsuit alleges reputational harm and seeks damages, while O’Leary’s attorney called it a 'cash grab.'

Kevin O’Leary and Fox News Media are sued by a Utah nonprofit and political consulting firm for falsely alleging they worked for the Chinese Communist Party to oppose O’Leary’s data center project. The plaintiffs claim O’Leary repeated baseless accusations in media appearances, while Fox amplified them without verification. Both parties later retracted the claims after legal pressure.

Kevin O'Leary and Fox News are being sued for defamation after O'Leary accused critics of his Stratos data center project in Utah of being foreign agents backed by the Chinese Communist Party. The lawsuit, filed by Alliance for a Better Utah, Elevate Strategies, and their founders, alleges false claims caused reputational and economic harm. O'Leary later stated he had no evidence of the critics' ties to China.

Fox News apologized for airing Kevin O'Leary's claim that opponents of his Utah data center project were Chinese government proxies. O'Leary later retracted the statement, acknowledging there was no evidence to support it, as the project faces local opposition and broader debates over data center impacts.

Kevin O’Leary and the Trump administration are blaming China for declining public support of data centers in the U.S., citing foreign influence in anti-data center campaigns. O’Leary’s Utah data center project, which would consume significant electricity, faces opposition despite local government approval, with critics arguing it risks overstating environmental impacts.

Utah residents and the Alliance for a Better Utah have sued over the Stratos datacenter project, which is backed by Kevin O’Leary. The lawsuit claims the project's reduced footprint still raises health concerns and insufficient public input.

Utah residents and the Alliance for a Better Utah are suing over the Stratos AI datacenter project, claiming it violates public input rights despite a reduced physical footprint. The project is backed by Kevin O’Leary, who agreed to scale back its size, but concerns about health impacts persist.

A lawsuit has been filed by the Alliance for a Better Utah and five Box Elder county residents against the Stratos datacenter project, which is backed by Shark Tank co-host Kevin O’Leary. The project’s footprint was reduced, but concerns over health impacts and insufficient public input persist.