Okay, so today, we're driving to southern New Jersey.
Heading to a data center.
Convertible?
Are we sure it's hot enough for that?
My man, that's a little aggressive, King.
Okay, so a couple weeks ago, I read a story in nj.
com, and it was all about how there 's a data center going up in Cumberland County,
the poorest county in New Jersey, that 's receiving some community pushback.
And this immediately got my attention because data centers are going up all across the country,
and it feels like an issue more people should be talking about.
According to one stat I saw, there's more than 4,000 data centers already across America.
And more than 2,000 that have been announced or are already under construction.
That's kind of crazy.
I feel like we should be hearing politicians talk more about this, but we haven't really heard a consensus.
One member of Congress told me that he wants to see a moratorium on data centers,
but a senator told me recently that he thinks they 're a necessary evil as things like AI
become a bigger part of our economy and our society.
So that led me to think, let's do some journalism ourselves.
And figure out what people actually think.
Are data centers really a necessary evil?