alt Hacker NewsAre these AI-driven data centers actually getting built? I was reading about Kevin O’Leary’s initial proposal for his Utah data center and it’s just preposterous, it’s inconceivable anyone needs that much compute at any realistic demand level. The ask is so massively large that even the scaled down version is just absurd.
We also have the Stargate UK data center that the Starmer government trumpeted before it was exposed as a glorified PR stunt without any substance. [1]
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/04/openai-ap...
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I’m not too deep into the matter but don’t they all have to wait in the interconnection queue first anyway? My understanding is that that alone will take some years
if you can actually simulate a stock market with fidelity, i believe that would be a distinct advantage.
probably not short trading, but investigating leveraging positions may be worth it.
Have you considered the compute demands for nationwide AI video surveillance?
Kevin O’Leary is a grifter and he should be completely ignored. He literally got rich conning HP (though they were stupid for going ahead with it).
That being said, there is a lot of actual buildouts happening right now. The question is how much of the planned future capacity will actually get developed.
I think like 30 - 40% of all the announced projects turned out to be financially viable. Possibly less.
Conversely I see heaps of already in progress data center builds and upgrades tacking AI on as the purpose as just PR to sell colo.
I happen to know some people who work for a company that helps build data centers. Business is booming for them, lots of projects all over the country (USA). So just to answer the straight up question of if they're actually getting built, yes they certainly are.