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Melissa Hughes: “Rate payers are being asked to foot an unknown bill for when…”

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 02:59

But I think we also, 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 … Rate payers are being asked to foot an unknown bill for when these data centers come in. … of that investment and to benefit from it. So it's, you know, it is very important that when a data center comes, as we did at wedc, we sit down … (02:59–03:14)

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Asserts that rate payers are expected to cover unspecified costs associated with data centers.

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