Allie Beth Stuckey

And one big AI server could require the same amount of electricity for computing power in order for it to be able to operate properly.

Now, interestingly enough, even though you and I use AI every day and we actually depend on it and need it and we depend on our computers, is that seven out of 10 Americans, so 70% of Americans are against the construction of AI data centers

in their local area this is something when i was in the legislature that came up all the time it's called the nimby concept and what nimby means is not in my backyard in other words i know we need prisons but i don't want you to build one in my backyard or i know we you know need uh dog parks but don't build it where all the dogs are barking in my window in this case hey i know we probably need data centers but just don't build it in my backyard and

Ladies and gentlemen, I get what you're saying.

And again, I wouldn't want one right next to me either.

But we do have to understand that in order to have the benefits of what these data centers bring to us, then we have to be able to maybe sacrifice some things.

We don't need to sacrifice our environment or not being able to have enough electricity, but we need to be able to understand they're going to have to be somewhere.

Now, ideally,

they can be in places that aren't as densely populated.

And in the most part, that's the case.

Some parts, it's probably not the case.

Now, what's happening here is states and local municipalities, they are encouraging these data centers to be built in their area.

And why do they do that?

Well, they do it because it brings extra tax revenue generally and maybe more jobs, although it doesn't take a lot of people to run a data center.

That is more jobs.

Certainly it takes them to build the data centers.

There's a lot of construction jobs that go on.

And those are, you know, those are all good.

However, what is happening in some of these states and my state's been a part of it, too, is that they give them incentives, right?

huge incentives to come and build the data center here, because if my state doesn't give them an incentive, the next state over will.