BONUS: Are neighborhood data centers a 'necessary evil' for the US to compete with China? Plus, what it'll take to reopen government

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The NIMBYS come out in force every time one is proposed, but should Americans embrace data centers? Here's an answer. Plus, the latest on spending plans in Congress, and how the US is fighting the first AI war in Iran.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Red Meat, the conservative news update you need from Odyssey stations across the country.
0:07.0	This is the place where we're not afraid to dig in.
0:09.3	Remember the Nimbies?
0:11.1	That's right, not in my backyard.
0:13.2	But the latest iteration of them has to do with data centers.
0:17.2	Should Americans embrace them in their neighborhood, or are they worse news than a new landfill?
0:21.9	Here's Mark Cox.
0:22.8	Data centers are occupying a lot of media space these days, right?
0:27.5	The issue is anyway.
0:28.9	We saw what happened in Union, Missouri, earlier this week when a hearing on this went on for 10 hours until the early early morning hours one day we've seen the
0:39.7	the same thing in various cities where this has popped up st charles comes to mind as well
0:44.7	just last month the governor of illinois talked about pausing any new data center tax incentives
0:53.5	so people are reacting to this and politicians
0:58.4	are reacting to it. What is the reality of the situation when it comes to why we need,
1:04.3	why there's this sudden need for more data centers? So we have got Doug Kelly with us this
1:09.2	morning. He's the CEO of the American Eagle.
1:14.2	I'm sorry, the American Edge Project.
1:16.1	Sorry about that.
1:16.7	American Eagle flows nicely there, but I meant to say the American Edge Project.
1:21.1	Doug, sorry about that.
1:22.0	How are you?
1:23.1	Hey, I'm great.
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