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Winsome Earle-Sears: “Data centers, they don't have the attendant problems that…”

Featuring: Winsome Earle-Sears, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

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One-on-one with Virginia's Republican Governor Candidate Winsome Earle-Sears

Published | Video Starts at 11:14

And for those that want them, then those decisions are made by those who are elected locally, not by me. But I can tell you that Data centers, they don't have the attendant problems that other businesses may have because they're not having to build schools, they're not having to dig up the roads and add, you know, wider roads. They're not having to dig up pipes and add more sewer capabilities because they're just machines. So it seems to me that some places are telling me they're a Netflix them because they could run the whole budget for the locality. (11:14–11:25)

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Asserts that data centers do not require infrastructure changes like schools or road expansions.

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