Megan McCarty Carino

Which makes these kinds of data center campuses very critical.

I won't say like a hospital, because that's life or death, but this is basically where the digital economy resides.

That digital economy is the economy these days.

The most valuable company in the world right now?

NVIDIA, with a market capitalization of $4 trillion.

This data center, in fact, is certified by NVIDIA for the specialized cooling systems that their chips require.

Chips that are being used more and more as AI becomes critical for so many different parts of this economy.

And that's why tomorrow we're going to the belly of the beast.

You want to talk AI, you want to talk AI and money, you've got to come to the Bay Area.

Fair enough.

This final note on the way out today, in which I am required once again by the Business Reporter's Code of Ethics to remind you that tariffs are taxes paid by consumers and businesses.

Here is today's data point on that subject.

The CEO of Volkswagen has told a German newspaper that the company is rethinking its plans to open a second plant in the United States.

Here's the money quote, if you'll pardon the pun.

Given an unchanged tariff burden, he said, large additional investment cannot be funded.

The existing VW plant in Chattanooga, by the way, employs about 5,000 people.

Amir Babawi, Caitlin Ash, John Gordon, Noya Carr, and Stephanie Seek are the Marketplace editing staff.

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And I'm Kai Rizdal.

We will see you tomorrow, everybody.