Cooper Katz McKim

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105 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 4d ago

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The Indicator from Planet Money · Bessent's yen bet, cold Argentine data centers set, and the summer box office net · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

So you need some kind of cooling, and it is a particularly expensive part of running a data center.

Cooling systems can account for like forty percent of its electricity consumption to run.

So operating in a cold climate can reduce those costs.

Yeah, I mean in the first quarter of this year, local opposition led to the disruption of like billions of dollars worth of projects.

Meanwhile, Argentina's president Javier Millet has been courting AI leadership in the States for years, and he's saying we'll give you huge tax breaks, we'll give you regulatory certainty.

And the people are taking notice.

Cooper Wildcats

Yeah, so some companies have already put down money, but more want to do just small scale pilots because the thing just isn't proven.

No data centers actually exist in Patagonia yet.

There still needs to be fiber optic cables connected.

There's a long way to go.

Yes.

And if you haven't signed up, it is a quick hit of the economic news that we don't get to on the show.

It's at npr.org slash indicator newsletter.

There's a lot more there.

Would you watch it on an airplane?

Okay.

So studios are bringing in lots of money.

Are theaters also

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