"O'Leary is currently building a massive $100 billion data center in Utah where the governor has said there is an obligation to build the center to keep up national competitiveness when it comes to AI. O'Leary has promised the center and its construction will create thousands of jobs while critics in the state have raised concerns, including environmental ones about water use and more. Carlson grilled O'Leary on a number of points about AI, including the practicality of AI creating more jobs than it eliminates, as supporters insist."
"He was especially curious about tax breaks projects like the AI data center receive. The project was approved through The Utah Military Installation Development Authority (MIDA) and the approval includes certain initial tax breaks. Let me ask though about why taxpayers should have to pay for this if it's a private business and your tenants are some of the richest companies in the world. Why would taxpayers be required, as they now are, to subsidize this? Carlson asked O'Leary."
"O'Leary explained such tax breaks are commonplace and incentivize a business to choose a certain state to call home. He added that the tax breaks are paid off through taxes the company eventually pays out and the jobs created. No, no, I understand that you're gaming a system in place you didn't come up with, but I'm just trying to understand, Carlson said, arguing in the back-and-forth"
A debate focused on AI’s impact on the American workforce and the construction of AI data centers. Kevin O’Leary, a supporter of President Donald Trump, was questioned by Tucker Carlson, who expressed major concerns about AI. O’Leary is building a $100 billion data center in Utah, where state leadership framed construction as necessary for national competitiveness. O’Leary said the project will create thousands of jobs, while critics raised concerns including environmental impacts such as water use. Carlson pressed on whether taxpayers should subsidize a private business, especially given that tenants are among the richest companies. O’Leary said tax incentives are common, encourage businesses to locate in a state, and are repaid through future taxes and job-related economic activity.
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