Rebecca Cooke: “Meta [is] trying to build a data center just down the road…”

“Yeah, I mean, look like Derek Van Orden is in the pocket of big Tech and in the pocket of AI, you know, billionaires, millionaires. I've come out for a data center moratorium. And, you know, we've got Meta [is] trying to build a data center just down the road here in Menominee. There was a ton of local blowback, and I think, you know, for Van Orden to prioritize and carry water for tech billionaires versus thinking about what local communities are asking for.” (04:41–04:47)

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