EPISODE · Oct 31, 2025 · 1H 1M
A.I. data centers & democracy
from Battleground Wisconsin · host Brian Wooldridge
We take a deep dive into the on-going data center debate in Wisconsin for the entire show. We welcome IUPAT District Council No. 7, Director of Governmental Affairs Office, Andy Buck to tell us why their union supports the current data centers that will be built union and how IUPAT members get work and sustain work. Next, State Senator Chris Larson joins us to provide his political perspective and educate us on the state’s role in enabling the current dynamic and how we need to see the current organizing opportunity the data centers provide. Finally, 620AM WTMJ’s Kristin Brey returns to the show to discuss her insightful observation that there is a unique coalition of political forces aligned against and for the new data centers and what does it say about the current political environment.
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We take a deep dive into the on-going data center debate in Wisconsin for the entire show. We welcome IUPAT District Council No. 7, Director of Governmental Affairs Office, Andy Buck to tell us why their union supports the current data centers that will be built union and how IUPAT members get work and sustain work. Next, State Senator Chris Larson joins us to provide his political perspective and educate us on the state’s role in enabling the current dynamic and how we need to see the current organizing opportunity the data centers provide. Finally, 620AM WTMJ’s Kristin Brey returns to the show to discuss her insightful observation that there is a unique coalition of political forces aligned against and for the new data centers and what does it say about the current political environment.
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A.I. data centers & democracy
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