Chicago has 39 data centers. What are they powering and are the public's biggest fears true? Brad Tietz from the Data Center Coalition (@DCC_org) helped write the 2019 Illinois data center incentive He joins to talk water, jobs, electricity bills, Chicago's proposed moratorium, and what the next decade of data centers in Chicago should look like 📺 0:00 Intro 0:30 What's Changed Since The 2019 Illinois Incentive 2:50 Rewriting the Incentive for the AI Era 4:50 Chicago's 39 Data Centers and Who They Serve 6:53 Why the Non-AI Story Isn't Being Told 8:37 Do Residents Actually Feel Tax Revenue 11:13 Myth #1#: Data Centers Drink All Our Water 14:38 Myth #2#: Data Centers Don't Create Jobs 16:34 Myth #3#: Data Centers Are Raising Electric Bills 20:03 NDAs, Transparency, and Regulation 22:01 Chicago's Next Decade: AI Inference and Smaller Sites 24:16 The Chicago Moratorium and Springfield's Framework 28:18 Is the City Bringing Industry Leaders to the Table? 29:13 Historical Comparisons: Rail, Fracking, and 5G