Last week, I wrote about the first part (or a two-part) series on data centers on MPR’s 1A. Part two was on today. The spoke to folks with differing views on if, how and why data centers have a place in the US. They cover moratoria, politics views, impacts on taxbase, communities and more. Here’s the description from the 1A page. The show is one hour long.

Data centers.

They’ve been all over the news. Last month, protesters showed up in 125 cities across the country on a single Saturday to demonstrate against these structures, either proposed or completed.

But are the politicians listening? We sit down for the second part of our data center deep dive.  This time, we talk politics. Why have data centers become a political flashpoint so quickly? And who is calling the shots at the local, state, and federal level?