Jasmine Sun
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 11 Sep
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I think one of the things that was the most surprising to me when I talked to data center activists was that they responded to so many of the pro arguments with, I don't believe them.
So like this company says that they are going to
treat the water with chemicals in it so that it doesn't flow into the lakes.
People would say, I don't believe them.
I don't think they can do it.
People would say, the companies would say, we are going to cover the cost of our own electricity grid build out.
We are going to ensure that rates do not go up for all Michiganders.
A lot of folks would say, I don't believe them.
DTE has raised our electricity rates basically every year since 2022.
Why would this be the year that they decide not to do it?
I do not believe them.
We are going to create 500 jobs and some of these will stick around after the data center is built.
People just said, I don't believe them.
It was really clear to me that data centers are showing up in an environment of extremely low trust in both governments and in corporations to the extent where the pro arguments almost do not land because people just aren't interested in anything an outside tech company is going to tell them.
They say they have big PR teams.
They can say whatever they want.
One thing that became really obvious to me when I talked about people at the AI companies and local officials is that two years ago, no one thought the data center backlash was going to be like this.
And so these companies were in fact looking for things like, does this state have a sales tax exemption as Wisconsin does to ensure that they don't have to pay sales taxes on their very expensive chips, on their very expensive GPUs.
They were often looking to build in places that might even offer local subsidies to the companies for building in that area.
I think that a lot of the balance of power has shifted as local opposition has ramped up.
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