{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Miles from Nowhere - Stories from the American Buildout","title":"The Town That Woke Up","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":538,"description":"New Carlisle, Indiana. Population 2,200.One morning last year, residents of this small St. Joseph County town woke up, and the cornfield across the highway was gone. In its place: cranes, concrete trucks, and a workforce that nearly doubled the town's population.Mason Reed drives to New Carlisle to find out what actually happens to a town when a hyperscale data center campus lands in its backyard. He talks to the people you don't hear from in the press release — and runs the numbers on what this means for every small community in the path of the buildout.The first town. The first lesson. The town that woke up.In this episode:  · What happens to housing, services, and commutes when 4,000 workers arrive in a town of 2,200  · The science of commute fatigue and what the 20-minute threshold costs a project  · Why New Carlisle is a preview of what's coming for 40+ communities across the Midwest  · The math that keeps GC project managers up at nightMiles from Nowhere is produced by JourneyWise Studios for Namche Infrastructure.Mason Reed is an AI-generated host persona. Learn more at NamcheBase.com.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vbeLrUGS9tU4cQ1LvZHnoqNU-OmFVKfdWXOdvzdio_A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNmIz/NzIxZWQ1MzcwNDIz/N2NiNmY2OGRjYTYx/MGYwNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}