O’Leary also said in the letter that he’ll cut another 620 acres in the northeast portion of the project near the highway, adding that he will “preserve a majority of the remaining acreage as open space.” Even with a smaller footprint of around 20,000 acres, Project Stratos will still cover an area larger than Manhattan — and data centers a fraction of this size still pose major concerns surrounding energy usage, impact on the environment, and pollution.