Kevin O'Leary's 7.5 GW Wonder Valley Data Center in Alberta Slides Two Years Behind Schedule Amid Indigenous and Community Opposition

Bloomberg reports that O'Leary Digital Ltd.'s Wonder Valley project — a proposed 7.5 GW data center in northwestern Alberta that would be Canada's largest — has slipped from a 2027 target to no earlier than 2028, stalled by Indigenous groups and local residents who packed a recent community meeting in Grovedale. The delay mirrors a broader pattern of hyperscale AI data center projects facing community and environmental pushback globally, with O'Leary's smaller Utah Stratos project also encountering opposition this year.