Businessman Kevin O’Leary has clarified his comments about groups in Utah opposing his Box Elder County data center proposal, saying he had no evidence to suggest Alliance for a Better Utah and Elevate Strategies were funded by China.
O’Leary’s comments, which included calling the groups “proxies for the Chinese government”, led to a backlash and sparked opposition from those groups, including executive director Gabrielle Finlayson, who criticized O’Leary as a “horrible Canadian multi-millionaire trying to ruin the environment in our country”.
Source: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06/25/kevin-oleary-retracts-chinese