Michelle McPhee
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You just mentioned Loudon.
They're like, hey, look, we're getting all this property tax revenue from these data centers.
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Much of the backlash, if we were to put it together, comes down to a few things.
It comes down to electricity.
It comes down to localism.
And really what that means is just control over your area.
I also think it comes back to failed promises and failed specifically like promises about, oh, okay, Northern Virginia, where we're both residents.
Amazon HQ too.
It's gonna come in, it's gonna do, we're gonna throw all these tax breaks.
Oh, didn't work out.
Actually, it just ended up kind of being a boondoggle.
None of it really materialized.
It's almost like we've heard this from you so many times.
It also comes at a time of deep dissatisfaction with the very same companies that are actually building this out, either from social media or others in terms of the way that consumers feel about this.
But, you know, from a pure monetary perspective,
let's say, either abundance or in terms of, let's say, long-term cheapening energy, I could see why somebody who's operating within your framework would be supportive of it.
So how are you thinking about it?
It's a great question.
And the truth is that I'm not exactly sure that I have the perfect answer here.