Mitchell Hartman

Oh, yes.

Just to show how much you're in this for.

She's vested in California's public employee pension, which is heavily exposed to AI, from index funds to individual stocks to infrastructure funds and real estate trusts tied to data centers.

Does it concern you that your personal future is invested in the success of this whole thing?

I mean, it's just really distressing.

Now I'm part of another system that I haven't had any input into.

And it's going to possibly drastically affect people's lives.

Whether the AI industry keeps booming or not.

I'm Megan McCarty Carino for Marketplace.

Coming up... The evolution of data transfer is pretty remarkable.

We are sitting in actually what they used to call the terminal annex for the U.S.

Post Office.

This building was built in 1938.

And it was used to transport all of the mail off the train and then send it on its way.

I know.

The evolution of data transfer is pretty remarkable.

So, yes, we'll start walking.

There are different kinds of data centers.

You're hearing hyperscale data centers, major AI-built data centers.

Those are focused on all compute, and that compute can kind of sit anywhere in the U.S.