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Melissa Hughes: “Data centers are coming whether people like it or not.”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Wisconsin governor candidates on data centers future

Published | Video Starts at 02:35

We've got companies like Trane that are providing the H VAC systems for the data centers. So it's really a whole supply chain that we're seeing around the data centers. And … Data centers are coming whether people like it or not. … I think David was touching on this. We also need to recognize that our economy is incredibly diverse. We are not becoming a data center economy in Wisconsin, and we have a long way to go before that happens. (02:35–02:45)

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