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Megan McCarty Carino

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Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

A lot of the focus on data centers right now is on those hyperscale projects.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

And you might not think you're using AI if you're not, say, asking Chad GPT what you can make for dinner out of what you have in your fridge.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

But the more AI is integrated across the Internet into the processes of your bank, your employer, your health care provider, the more data centers like this one that we are going to need.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

My guess is CoreSight wants to build.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

You've got to get bigger, right?

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

So as you think about building here in LA, how do you think about that in terms of your sunk costs versus what you're going to be able to get in revenue?

Marketplace
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

So there's a couple things to think about when we're developing more data centers.

Marketplace
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

First of all, we have to continue to support our customers' growth and scalability.

Marketplace
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

But when we think about building another building,

Marketplace
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

We are looking at the, you know, how much power do we think we need, tethering it back to the existing campus and building out liquid-cooled solutions to support these higher density.

Marketplace
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

And when I say density, I'm talking about more power to the cabinet.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

Right, right, right, right.

Marketplace
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

Right.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

Data centers, this is from Pew Research, used 4% of all the power used in this economy in 2024.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

Best guess is, that's going to increase by 133% by 2030.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

I will do the math for you.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

That would mean data centers would be using just shy of 10% of all the power this country consumes inside the next five years.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

And as you probably heard, in some parts of the country, wholesale electricity prices have more than doubled because of that increasing demand.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

This is going to sound flip and I don't mean it to.

Marketplace All-in-One
As AI expands, Americans have doubts

But when people look at data centers writ large, whether it's the hyperscalers or you guys, and they say they're just using up all this electricity, they're using up all this water, they're destroying the planet.