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The Case for Data Centers

5:26 · September 9, 2026

Why data centers deserve a fair hearing, not a knee-jerk NIMBY reflex: the every-app-you-love infrastructure argument, the clean-energy investment they're funding, the trades jobs they create without a college degree, and the towns they're reviving. An animated explainer arguing that the real choice isn't building AI infrastructure or not — it's building it here, on our terms, or watching it get built somewhere else without any say at all.

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