{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Heartland Daily Podcast","title":"The Free-Market Case for Data Centers - James Taylor on The Wilkow Majority","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5be24edd\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":826,"description":"The Heartland Institute President James Taylor joins Andrew Wilkow on The Wilkow Majority to make the free-market case for AI data centers, pushing back on the Chinese Communist Party-linked money fueling many of the activists.\nTaylor argues that if America goes \"low tech,\" it risks becoming a has-been nation in the race against China, and lays out why brownfield sites, like Newark's abandoned factories, are the smart place to build. He draws a parallel to how the fracking boom transformed poverty-stricken towns in Texas and North Dakota into thriving communities.\nTaylor also addresses conservative distrust of Big Tech head-on, explaining why Heartland, which has fought tech censorship for years, believes a \"trust but verify\" approach can secure free speech protections as these companies build out the next era of American infrastructure.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2xLxMmPe28MnonUa9AciVxMi_Bu3CavKGZzqhK99mjE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2NzQzLzE2Njk4/Mzk1OTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}