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Howard Lutnick: “If your community embraces data centers, you're going have…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Commerce Secretary Lutnick on AI, Anthropic and Canada Talks

Published | Video Starts at 02:24

But people remember these old data centers that made a lot of noise. They use a lot of water and drain a lot of power. So basically, If your community embraces data centers, you're going have great economics, you'll have more power, will be built in the price of power in your community will go down and you'll have the economic power of their paying taxes and they're making your community better. So if your community doesn't embrace a data center, some other community will. And I think data centers are part of the mix. (02:24–02:42)

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