Kevin O'Leary and Fox News face defamation suit over Utah data center

Investor Kevin O'Leary claimed on Fox Business that critics of his 9 GW Wonder Valley data center in Utah were funded by China, without evidence, then publicly retracted the claim. Alliance for a Better Utah and three others sued for defamation, and O'Leary and Fox moved to dismiss the case in late September.

• Wonder Valley project: a data center on 40,000 acres with a 9 GW gas power plant
• O'Leary accused critics of China ties without evidence, then retracted the claim
• Defamation suit filed by Alliance for a Better Utah, Elevate Strategies and two activists
• County commissioners learned of the project only five weeks before voting