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It's incumbent on us as leaders in this

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industry to really explain to communities what the

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benefits are that bringing a data center to

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that community would happen.

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And I think obviously there's detractors and there's

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a lot of negatives and misinformation that has

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been out there, but it's more than just

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explaining away the negatives or misinformation.

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It's really important for our industry to take

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a lead and explain the positive benefit that

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we can bring to a community.

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And it can come in a couple of

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forms. It can come in job creation.

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It can come in kind of skilled trade

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and labor.

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And then the other big form that I

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think is probably misunderstood and doesn't get spoken

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enough about is in monetary compensation.

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There's significant tax benefits and tax kind of

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payments that will go into these local communities

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to help them in kind of emergency services

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and their school system and a lot of

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other areas to help boost economic activity in

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this area.