Key elected officials Davante Lewis (Louisiana), Peter Hubbard (Georgia), and Emily Gallagher (New York) chat with Saul live about the challenges, pressures, and opportunities of public service amidst the rapid pace, widespread corruption and secrecy of AI data center buildout.

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Data centers can’t be understood without looking beyond borders - not a single US AI data center is made entirely with American parts and labor. Former US Trade Representative and member of the Biden cabinet Katherine Tai and leading national trade expert Beth Baltzan discuss the role of supply chains, trade deals, tariffs, and economics in shaping the data center buildout and resistance. They also weigh in on chips, China, and dangers of AI.

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University of Michigan PhD student Nathan Kim talks about how he and other students discovered that their university’s proposed AI data center was being built to make weapons of war, how they’re fighting back, and the overlaps with his research on AI and big tech.

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Read the recent mention of The Hum in the New York Times. Listen to Saul’s interview on the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast.

The Hum is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions.