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Power Play · September 22 · 30 min

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Residents of Scioto County, Ohio, learned about their new $1 billion Google data center after the deal was done. The county gave up 75 percent of the property tax on it for 15 years. Historian John Reeves compares what’s happening today with what happened the last time America built at speed. Catherine Baab-Muguira investigates the pledge signed by tech CEOs, which claims AI won't raise anyone's electricity bill. CREDITS: Power Play is a production by Quartz and The Capitalist Hippie. Reported by Jackie Snow, Catherine Baab, and Joseph Zeballos-Roig. Hosted by Marco Pimentel. Produced by Simon Litt. Edited by Georgina Kemp Walker.

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Residents of Scioto County, Ohio, learned about their new $1 billion Google data center after the deal was done.

The county gave up 75 percent of the property tax on it for 15 years. Historian John Reeves compares what’s happening today with what happened the last time America built at speed. Catherine Baab-Muguira investigates the pledge signed by tech CEOs, which claims AI won't raise anyone's electricity bill.


CREDITS: 

Power Play is a production by Quartz and The Capitalist Hippie. 

Reported by Jackie Snow, Catherine Baab, and Joseph Zeballos-Roig. 

Hosted by Marco Pimentel. 

Produced by Simon Litt. 

Edited by Georgina Kemp Walker.

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