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I think data centers have become the vessel for outrage around income inequality. And I think some of the
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concerns around them are inflated. The notion that they're going to soak up all the water, that they're noisy. I feel
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that essentially this has become the new squeeze toy or or anger mannequin for income inequality. And then in what
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[music] is the biggest brain-dead brand move of the century, they decided to make the spokesperson for data centers
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Kevin O'Leary. If I were a civic official, first off these people aren't The people approving these data centers
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aren't stupid because these companies data centers don't call the fire department or the police department and
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they pay property taxes. These people aren't stupid approving the data centers. What I would do if I were a
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local civic official is the following. I would say we will cram through your approval. We want 10 years guaranteed
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property taxes no matter what happens to your company. But that's math. That A civic official should be able to say,
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"We have economists and power people estimating what the increase in electricity costs will be. If the those
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are in fact true, we need to at a minimum compensate consumers with the property taxes or fees you're going to
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pay."