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David Sacks Responds to Kathy Hochul’s Moratorium on Data Centers “Everything she's saying is a false accusation on the data center … These data centers have become the scapegoat for all of the angst that people have about AI.”

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David Sacks dismantles Hochul’s data center myths: • Power: Build behind the meter. AI companies can become power companies • Land: Extremely efficient with massive ROI; America has plenty of open space • Noise: Overblown, easily fixed with distance • Water: Hoax — closed loop systems use less than In-N-Out or almonds • Jobs & Taxes: Big tax revenue, construction boom + ongoing jobs • Pollution: Powered by clean natural gas David Sacks “When you compare economic impact to all these different things, data centers are one of the best things we could be building as a nation. These data centers have become the scapegoat for all the angst about AI.” @jason “All I have to say is, Welcome to Texas.” Should states be welcoming or blocking data centers?

David Sacks dismantles Hochul’s data center myths: • Power: Build behind the meter. AI companies can become power companies • Land: Extremely efficient with massive ROI; America has plenty of open space • Noise: Overblown, easily fixed with distance • Water: Hoax — closed loop systems use less than In-N-Out or almonds • Jobs & Taxes: Big tax revenue, construction boom + ongoing jobs • Pollution: Powered by clean natural gas David Sacks “When you compare economic impact to all these different things, data centers are one of the best things we could be building as a nation. These data centers have become the scapegoat for all the angst about AI.” @jason “All I have to say is, Welcome to Texas.” Should states be welcoming or blocking data centers?

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Bernie Sanders: Democrats must enact a national moratorium on AI data centers, must pause advanced AI development, and ban superintelligence. A moratorium on data centers is exactly what the American people want.

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DAVID SACKS: “President Trump has been really clear that consumers should not have to pay higher rates for electricity because of data centers … He said let the AI companies become power companies. Let them stand up their own power generation … with these new data centers.”

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As Floridians rightfully worry about the impact of AI and data centers, Byron Donalds is telling them they’re wrong. My opponent takes millions from the developers who want to build data centers in your backyard. You have my word: Florida's not for sale. As governor, I'll sign a moratorium on Day One.

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We need the data centers. We have to win the AI race. My guest for episode 5 of Counterweight is Manhattan Institute's Judge Glock. This spring he wrote about Loudoun County, VA in City Journal. Loudoun, one of the richest counties in America, with a median household income of around $170,000, has become the unlikely center of a new data center-based industrial revolution. And it's not just Loudoun. Data center construction is up about twenty times nationwide in three years, leading to an enormous political backlash. New York State imposed a moratorium on data center construction, and even Republican Greg Abbott of Texas has put a temporary pause in place. Meanwhile, speaking for myself, I’ve seen a ton of fear-mongering about them, with very little in the way of clear explanation of what the costs and benefits are and what they mean for the localities that might bring them in. I've brought Judge on to walk through in granular detail how data centers work, how Loudoun County became ground zero for the data center boom, and the recent pushback against data centers. We also talk about the unfortunate habit that AI CEOs have of seeming like the gloomiest people in the world in relation to the products they are trying to sell.

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Hasan Piker convinces three voters in Denver driving by to vote for Melat Kiros before polls close at 7PM "What do you guys think about the data center that just popped up over here?" "Yeah! That random one? We hate it!" "Alright listen, Diana DeGette, who's represented this district for 30 years in congress, is saying nothing about the data centers because she's in the pocket of corporations. Melat Kiros is gonna fight back with a data center moratorium. She wants to put a stop to these data centers being getting popped up left and right. You guys are stuck between a data center and a Purina factory and that's not good for these little guys back there." "It's poison, yeah." "Do you have a ballot in your house right now?" "I have three."

Hasan Piker convinces three voters in Denver driving by to vote for Melat Kiros before polls close at 7PM "What do you guys think about the data center that just popped up over here?" "Yeah! That random one? We hate it!" "Alright listen, Diana DeGette, who's represented this district for 30 years in congress, is saying nothing about the data centers because she's in the pocket of corporations. Melat Kiros is gonna fight back with a data center moratorium. She wants to put a stop to these data centers being getting popped up left and right. You guys are stuck between a data center and a Purina factory and that's not good for these little guys back there." "It's poison, yeah." "Do you have a ballot in your house right now?" "I have three."

Popstonox

1,050,506 views • 4 months ago

DATA CENTERS: On All-In, David Friedberg & David Sacks warn the real AI threat is regulatory panic: activist campaigns & red tape strangling data centers, energy & compute while China builds. America's lead is narrow. Unilateral disarmament threatens both our economy and our national security.

DATA CENTERS: On All-In, David Friedberg & David Sacks warn the real AI threat is regulatory panic: activist campaigns & red tape strangling data centers, energy & compute while China builds. America's lead is narrow. Unilateral disarmament threatens both our economy and our national security.

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