{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Building Local Power","title":"The Data Centers Are Coming: Ep. 4 - Transmission (Im)possible","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2496,"description":"If you’re anything like Building Local Power’s host, Danny Caine, you’ve seen your electric bill creep up and are wondering: are data centers to blame for this? Danny sets out to answer this and other burning questions about the murky way in which Big Tech’s data center arms race, public utilities, and electric bills intersect. Bringing his unanswered questions to energy experts, his neighbors, and his trusty dad, Danny aims to discover exactly how utilities make money from data center development, and if there’s any hope for our electric bills. Guest voices + context:  Kevin Caine: Dad of Building Local Power host, Danny Caine, and resident of Cleveland, OhioJohn Farrell: Co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and director of the Energy Democracy InitiativeCathy Kunkel: Energy consultant at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)  Elena Schlossberg: Executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William CountyAndrew Chow: TIME technology correspondent who has extensively covered AI and data centers at the intersection of race over the past few years. Resources: Data Center Watch BriefingOhio's electric bills are high — and so are utility CEO salaries The Policies Communities Need to Confront the AI Data Center Race North Star Data Center Policy Toolkit: State and Local Policy Interventions to Stop Rampant AI Data Center Expansion - AI Now InstituteThe People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South - MediaJusticeProposed Prince William data center prompts protest letter to Jeff Bezos - The Washington PostOutcry grows over proposed Prince William data center - The Washington Post    ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2r0oWj8q-LIn_qXB30TRK3L-6ZDSY1ZIpjMQ98c1vk0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mNDgw/MjEyNzc3OTRjOWVl/MDNkMWZkMGEwMGJj/MzE1NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}