Today, Explained
Today, Explained
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Data centers fight back
25 minutes Posted Oct 14, 2026 at 6:16 pm.
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Data centers have maybe the worst image in America right now. Enter the public relations professionals.
This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
The sun rises on Microsoft's Project Ginger West and a nearby farmhouse in West Des Moines, Iowa. Photo by Liz Rymarev, Post-Dispatch via Getty Images.
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