Ann Vaughan

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The MeatEater Podcast · Ep. 902: The Pros, Cons, and Complications of Data Centers · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

I think that there's, you know, communities are understanding that.

The ones, like, ironically, that, you know, got started first and are probably going to be the most economically viable because they got started first, you know, they kind of came into being in a little earlier place where

there is real competition between states for big economic projects.

And so I've been traveling all over the country, a lot of places like literally for a decade, they were looking for a car manufacturing plant and had assembled a big mega project site and couldn't, they were like second and third and fourth in the list.

And they lost it again and again and again.

And when data centers came along, you know,

There's a rival, and they know who their rivals are.

And they know, you know, maybe it's Wisconsin versus Indiana.

Maybe it's Louisiana versus, you know, Mississippi.

And so they didn't want to lose it.

And they offered incentives, which in retrospect, maybe they needed them at the time, or they certainly, you know, were intending to bring business, economic prosperity to their state.

But...

there's a lot of things when we look with hindsight later at this era.

Maybe we should have done it this way instead.

Yeah, I mean, I've talked with mayors who say, boy, I would have asked for even more had I realized how much leverage I have.

And some things are getting retraded.

Microsoft came to a community in Indiana and said,

we'd actually like to give you a better financial deal.

And it has to do with the way that they've structured taxes.

And it gave a lot more money to the school system right away.

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