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Brad Smith: “The vote in Caledonia reflected that [lack of transparency].”

Featuring: Brad Smith, Vice Chairman of Microsoft | National

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Microsoft President Brad Smith on AI Data Centers

Published | Video Starts at 09:54

And it created a culture, in my view, where we were not as open as we need to be. And I think The vote in Caledonia reflected that [lack of transparency]. People didn't know who we were until the eve of the vote, and by then it was too late. So we need to change, and we are. (09:54–09:58)

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Asserts that the lack of transparency affected the vote in Caledonia regarding Microsoft's data center.

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