Heartland Institute President James Taylor joins Andrew Wilkow to make the free-market case for AI data centers, arguing that America can’t afford to go low tech in the race against China.
Taylor argues that if America goes “low tech,” it risks becoming a has-been nation in the race against China, and lays out why brownfield sites, like Newark’s abandoned factories, are the smart place to build. He draws a parallel to how the fracking boom transformed poverty-stricken towns in Texas and North Dakota into thriving communities.
Taylor also addresses conservative distrust of Big Tech head-on, explaining why Heartland, which has fought tech censorship for years, believes a “trust but verify” approach can secure free speech protections as these companies build out the next era of American infrastructure.
