Kirk Offel
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6,820 appearances
12 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 13 Aug
Kirk Offel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And much like previous transformational infrastructure industries, we've faced a massive pushback
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from highly uneducated groups that are well-funded, well-organized, and right now their NIMBY message, not in my backyard, is going greatly unopposed.
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We don't have a lot of voices in the industry.
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You don't see a lot of CEOs of the top 10 data center operators.
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You can't even get them on a podcast.
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They're not going to come out and talk about defense of this industry.
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And I don't blame the hyperscalers for not being able to do it because they'd be seen as tyrants.
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If, can you imagine if like Google had to stand up and be like, you have no idea what we're doing for your community.
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They would be attacked even greater.
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Right.
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So they are standing here hoping that the ecosystem, which is 75% of this industry's ecosystems are small businesses like ours.
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And I tell people that they're attacking this industry one.
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If you don't want data centers, then it's simple.
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Stop using all technology.
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Correct.
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If you don't like data centers, stop using social media, stop using any cloud-based service, and definitely stop using AI.
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Stop using technology if you don't like data centers.
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And the reality is, can you imagine if there was social media during the automobile revolution?
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How many people would have pushed back and used the megaphone of social media to
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to create such a massive resistance against the automobile revolution.
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