Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary acceded to demands Thursday and cut the footprint for his proposed 40,000-acre data center complex in northern Utah in half.

O’Leary’s announcement is the latest development in a fight playing out between Utah politicians and the Canadian businessman. O’Leary says his “Stratos” project will produce its own electricity and divert excess water to replenish the dwindling Great Salt Lake. Yet protesters and elected officials, who allege that the project will strain local resources and burden the environment, have pushed back against it.

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