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Donavan McKinney: “Data centers have been around for decades now, but this is…”

Featuring: Donavan McKinney, Michigan House of Representatives, District 11

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"Mop Up Michigan": Donavan McKinney on Democratic Socialism, Corporate Money & His Primary Upset

Published | Video Starts at 03:49

You've joined politicians across the country calling for a moratorium on data centers. What's happening in Michigan? Yeah. So, you know, for those folks who don't know about the data center fight, Data centers have been around for decades now, but this is the first time they're building at mass scale like these big mega sites. And so, you know, as a state rep myself, we put some guardrails in the legislation even though it was watered down because, you know, groups like Meta and you … (03:49–04:05)

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