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that the whole state is a community.

Like there are twice as many people in the borough of Brooklyn as there are in the entire state of Maine.

Wow.

So the whole state is kind of like one town in a way, right?

I mean, there's a lot of diversity across the state in ecosystems, in industries that are present, right?

But it's everyone's like one degree of separation or two at the max.

So there's an intimacy there that's really sweet and also an accountability.

Like you got to like not be a jerk because everyone will know.

Wow.

And Maine is, I think this is true, maybe the first state that's been like really pumping the brakes on data centers until we have a plan for where all this electricity is going to come from.

Maine has high electric bills already.

And yeah, people are really concerned.

And that's actually been one of the most exciting new

Sort of social activist things to watch because it came out of nowhere and it could so easily have been like we all just sleepwalk into this era.

And people were like, actually, we're not super down with these huge data centers in our communities using all our electricity, polluting the air as they like fire up gas turbines and using all of our electricity.

Drinking water.

While taking away our jobs.

Let's pause on this.

And so a bunch of states are doing that now.

But Maine's, yeah, charging ahead on all sorts of creative legislation.