Ep.25 The Data Center Backlash: Who Pays for the AI Boom?
As AI infrastructure expands, communities across the country are beginning to push back against the massive data centers needed to power it. Tom Sosnoff and Dylan Ratigan examine why Americans are skeptical of projects that consume enormous amounts of electricity and water while creating relatively few permanent jobs and why that skepticism is amplified by distrust of the corporations and billionaires leading the AI boom.
They explore what a fair deal for local communities could look like, including protections against rising energy costs, environmental safeguards, and tangible economic…
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