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S8 Ep1182: Gene Marks compares public protests against data centers to the 19th-century opposition to railroads. While critics worry about l

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Gene Marks compares public protests against data centers to the 19th-century opposition to railroads. While critics worry about land and water usage, Marks argues these facilities are imperative infrastructure for the information age and the AI revolution. Just as railroads enabled 20th-century American power, data centers are the means for moving information. Ceding this development would allow rivals like China or Russia to dominate the future economy. (12)1859 FIVR POINTS

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