Power companies are using eminent domain to seize land for data centers

Re:Power companies are using eminent domain to seize land fo... by hylaride on Monday July 20, 2026 @12:54PM (#48981461)

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.

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Re:Power companies are using eminent domain to seize land fo... by quickthrowman on Monday July 20, 2026 @04:51PM (#48984719)

I thought he got rich conning Mattel to buy The Learning Company in 1999? They paid $3.5B for it and gave it away a year later. Then there was a lawsuit with a $100M+ settlement.

Kevin O’Leary also published pictures of him shedding tears while buying an Audemars Piguet watch, which should be brought up and mocked every time he’s mentioned.

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Re:Power companies are using eminent domain to seize land fo... by hylaride on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @07:47AM (#49005231)

You're right, I misremembered. HP was conned by a British guy named Mike Lynch.

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