"World's largest data center": Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary opens up about his $70 billion real estate project

Shark Tank mentor Kevin O'Leary shared an Instagram clip on March 9, 2025. He revealed one of his upcoming projects, a seven-and-a-half gigawatts "world's largest data center."

Sharing more about it, Mr Wonderful stated that it was North America's "largest" ever proposed. Fans who follow the Kevin O'Leary must know that he often shared his views on data centers and their importance. In his recent Instagram reel, he shared:

"I just announced the world's largest data center, seven and a half gigawatts. That's a project. Everybody told me that was insane. It's a $70 billion real estate project. The largest ever proposed in North America. And I said, what do you mean? Why can't I do it?"

Shark Tank mentor added:

'Like, what, tell me what specific thing is gonna stop me from doing it? And they said, well, one of 100 things, because nobody's ever done it. I said, that's not a reason. That makes no sense. That's a reason to do it."

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Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary opens up about his upcoming project involving the "world's largest" data center

Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary proposed his ambitious project in his recently released Instagram clip. He called it the world's "largest" data center project. While he seemed pretty excited about the opportunity, he recalled receiving doubts from people about the same.

Mr Wonderful recalled that everyone told him he was "insane" for taking up such a large-scale project. Talking about its financial expansion, the Shark Tank mentor revealed that the project is a "$70 billion real estate project."

He captioned the Instagram clip with the following:

"I announced the largest data center project in the world—$70 billion. People told me, You can’t do that! My response? Why not? Just because no one’s done it before? That’s the dumbest reason not to do something. I’m raising the first $2 billion this quarter. I’ll get it done. Watch me."

However, he came across some doubts from people. Referring to the doubts, Kevin asked why he couldn't do it. When he inquired about the reasons that might stop him from taking on such a vast opportunity, he found that, because no one has done it yet, he should not be taking it up.

On the contrary, Kevin O'Leary thought that because "no body's" ever done it, that was the "reason" to do it. Further, he stated in the video that many people told him he couldn't raise $70 billion.

Referring to that, he mentioned:

"Like, well, you can't raise $70 billion. I said, sure I can. Why can't I? I paid for the whole thing myself so far, but I went around the world with it last week, and we have all kinds of interests."

As Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary concluded the clip, he stated that the project would take six years to build the data centers. For that, he will "have to raise" his first $2 billion by the end of the next quarter. He mentioned that he "will do" it.

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Fans can catch Kevin O'Leary on ABC Network's Shark Tank Season 16.