And building at that scale requires permitting reform. Today, 1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment is stuck in permitting limbo. My Unlock American Security and Jobs act would unleash that capital and create hundreds of thousands millions construction jobs. However, we must also reckon with the growing opposition to data centers, and that's on both sides of the aisle. Two weeks ago, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the nation's first statewide moratorium on Hyperscale data centers. (12:19–12:28)
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