Kevin O'Leary's data center company pushes back on the 'bragawatt' label
Source: Business Insider ·
O'Leary Digital CEO Paul Palandjian defends its AI data center plans, saying Bernstein's skeptical analysis misses confidential work.
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Kevin O'Leary.Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesO'Leary Digital's CEO says a Wall Street firm's analysis misses work happening before construction.Paul Palandjian, the CEO, said the company's two campuses will generate their own electricity.He outlined land deals, permitting, and early funding, saying delivery should be judged in phases.Kevin O'Leary's data center company has a message for analysts who doubt its enormous AI ambitions: You're not seeing the whole picture.Paul Palandjian, CEO of O'Leary Digital, pushed back on a Bernstein Research assessment that put the firm near the bottom of the data center industry's credibility rankings. In an emailed response to Business Insider, he detailed land agreements, water applications and licensing, engineering work, and funding that he said the analysis overlooks."Scrutiny during this cycle is fair," Palandjian wrote. He added, "A score built from announced-capacity data ranks every pre-construction project low on…