Tonya J. Powers Breaks Down New York's Data Center Moratorium and the Hidden Costs of Mega Facilities

Fox News Radio's Tonya J. Powers joins Mark and Kim to unpack New York Governor Kathy Hochul's year-long pause on new large-scale data center permits, and why communities across Missouri and southern Illinois — including St. Charles — are pushing back with their own moratoriums. Tonya lays out just how massive these facilities have become, with one Louisiana campus now spanning over 3,600 acres, larger than 2,700 football fields, while raising tough questions about strained power grids, rising residential electricity costs, and limited long-term job creation once construction wraps. Mark adds a local wrinkle: a friend in the industry says it takes as few as six people to run an entire data center once it's operational. The real issue, Tonya says, is transparency — how much these companies actually pay in taxes and what communities get in return. It's the kind of deep-dive accountability conversation that defines the Marc Cox Morning Show. Coming up: more on the Schmitt-Hawley hearing, and Kim on a Whim at 7:45. Hashtags: #MarcCoxMorningShow #GuestTonya Powers #DataCenterDebate #KathyHochul #MissouriPolitics #StCharlesCounty #PowerGrid #EnergyCosts #Transparency #FaithFamilyFreedom #CommonSenseConservatism #StLouisRadio