Utah regulators approved a massive hyperscale data center in Box Elder County that's roughly 2.5 times the size of Manhattan, despite fierce local backlash over its power and water demands. The facility would consume more electricity than Utah's entire state grid generates and draw hundreds of millions of gallons annually from a region already stressed by drought. Kevin O'Leary's $100 billion project highlights a growing tension between data center development and resource constraints in water-scarce regions — similar tensions are playing out across the West and Canada as AI and cloud computing expansion collides with climate pressures.