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J. D. Vance: “If those [data] centers are built and the local governments…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at a Precision Manufacturing Facility in Plover, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 39:28

I don't want China or some other country to win it. And so that's why we got to have these things. Now, here's the downside. If those [data] centers are built and the local governments aren't ensuring that there's enough power... it's going to increase electricity costs. for everybody else. And so what we think the data centers have got to do is they've got to work with the local governments, with the state governments, and in the federal government. (39:28–39:38)

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Asserts that inadequate power planning for data centers can lead to increased electricity costs.

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