Evidence record 11687 · automatically gathered

Kevin O’Leary says data centres use less water than golf courses. The numbers are more complicated.

Kevin O’Leary is making the golf course argument again. The “Shark Tank” investor, whose 40,000-acre Stratos data centre project in Utah sparked protests and a governor’s executive order, told Business Insider that AI data centres consume far less water than America’s golf courses. The comparison is technically correct today. The Golf Course Superintendents Association of […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Published: 18 July 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Regulation · Environment · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 19 July 2026

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ethics.ai (18 July 2026), “Kevin O’Leary says data centres use less water than golf courses. The numbers are more complicated.,” evidence record 11687, https://ethics.ai/record/11687 (originally published by The Next Web AI).

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