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BLISTER Podcast

Athlete / Activist Caroline Gleich on Data Centers, the Situation in Utah, & Why It Matters to All of Us

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Wilderness, Bike, Gear, Snowboard, Outdoor, Sports, Ski, Health & Fitness

4.8560 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The rapid proliferation of plans to build large data centers across the USA is a massive story with major consequences. So today, Caroline Gleich talks about what is happening in Utah and beyond; getting attacked by ‘Mr. Wonderful’ on national TV; and more. We also discuss her experience running for U.S. Senate, and why we need more good people to get involved in local politics.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Caroline’s Background (2:54)

The Data Center Debate (9:10)

Utah's Data Center Controversy (16:13)

Environmental & Community Impacts of Data Centers (20:43)

The AI Arms Race and Its Implications (24:16)

What is Real “Progress”? (30:53)

Where to Find Facts, Not Misinformation? (35:35)

What can be done right now in Utah? (44:26)

Caroline’s Experience of Running for Senate (45:59)

The Promise of Local Politics (54:36)

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister Podcast on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth,

0:08.7

and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com and on our

0:16.2

YouTube channels, Blister Review, and Blister Studios.

0:28.2

Now, as many of you know, there has been a rapid proliferation of plans to build large data centers across the USA.

0:31.0

This is a massive story with major consequences, so today we are talking with Caroline Glyke about what is happening on the ground in Utah

0:40.8

and beyond, what it's been like for her to get personally attacked by Kevin O'Leary of

0:47.8

Shark Tank fame on national TV and a whole lot more, including Caroline's experience running for U.S. Senate and why we need

0:59.5

more good people to get involved in local politics.

1:04.5

Now, in this conversation, Caroline talks about a number of very useful places to go if you are looking to find information on

1:13.4

some of these topics and also on how to make your voice heard. So we've included those resources

1:21.0

in the show notes and I do encourage you to check them out. Okay, finally here, as Caroline notes in this conversation, life is certainly getting more and

1:31.8

more expensive, and many of us have high insurance deductibles that we have to pay should

1:39.8

we get injured doing one of our favorite outdoor activities.

1:43.6

And that is why we created Blister

1:45.5

Plus as a very cost-effective way to make sure that when an injury happens, you don't get

1:53.1

financially wrecked as well. So you can learn all of the details by clicking the link in the show

1:59.6

notes, then go ahead and sign up and

2:02.0

get yourself covered. Just like these folks, we've got Jennifer in Nashua, New Hampshire,

2:09.2

Scott in Bellingham, Washington, Casey in Homer, New York, Dylan in Reno, Nevada,

2:16.8

Tim in Mammoth Lakes, California just renewed, as did

2:21.4

Patrick, right here in Crested Butte, Mario in Philadelphia, and finally for today, Flynn, who is

2:29.6

yet another person in Bellingham, Washington, who is a Blister Plus member.

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