{"id":127664,"date":"2026-08-12T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/how-meta-won-utah-locals-as-kevin-olearys-nearby-data-center-faces-backlash\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:35:54","slug":"how-meta-won-utah-locals-as-kevin-olearys-nearby-data-center-faces-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/how-meta-won-utah-locals-as-kevin-olearys-nearby-data-center-faces-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"How Meta won Utah locals as Kevin O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s nearby data center faces backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta secured local support for its Utah data center, unlike Kevin O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s Project Stratos.  O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s project faced backlash after its approval due to limited outreach.  Meta invested in local schools and conservation efforts in Eagle Mountain.  O&#8217;Leary acknowledged communication failures and plans to share project details soon.  This highlights contrasting approaches to community relations for large tech projects.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta secured local support for its Utah data center, unlike Kevin O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s Project Stratos. O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s project faced backlash after its approval due to limited outreach. Meta invested in local schools and conservation efforts in Eagle Mountain. O&#8217;Leary acknowledged communication failures and plans to share project details soon. This highlights contrasting approaches to community relations for&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/how-meta-won-utah-locals-as-kevin-olearys-nearby-data-center-faces-backlash\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Meta won Utah locals as Kevin O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s nearby data center faces backlash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":127665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}