New York just became the first state in the country to sign a moratorium on data centers. There are two paths forward on this issue. One path builds the infrastructure that runs the next 50 years of the American economy. The other bans the future, then acts surprised when the jobs show up somewhere else. I'm here to defend the data centers because most of the fear you're hearing is manufactured.

Most people opposed to data centers don't live anywhere near one. Their concern isn't experience. It's a propaganda campaign. The legitimate worries all have answers.

Yes, you often have to run new power lines. Those power lines are placed by power companies that sometimes must take private land. They do that whether it is a data center or any other grid expansion. They pay homeowners and landowners fair market value and often pay a premium to avoid using eminent domain power. Here in Georgia, Georgia Power used eminent domain last year five times and not once against homeowners. It recently purchased private homes to expand the power grid, part of which will be for a data........

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