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2026-08-18
Data Centers: The New Infrastructure, Taxpayer Friend or Foe?In the latest episode of the Powering America Podcast, Bryan Hyde interviews Pete Sepp, president of the National Taxpayers Union, about the implications of data centers as a new form of infrastructure. Sepp discusses the economic impact of data centers on local tax bases, highlighting their role in contributing to public budgets and contrasting their benefits with areas that impose restrictions on their development. The conversation also addresses misconceptions about data centers and their relationship to taxpayer interests.
Notable quotes
“Data centers are the new infrastructure for the rest of this century.”
“Increased taxes without data centers, lower taxes with data centers. That's the bottom line.”
“There are misconceptions about policy at a very, very basic level.”
“If we put those things into perspective, we'll realize largely that data centers are getting the same and or sometimes even worse treatment than other industries.”
“At the national level, there is a lot of partisanship... At the state and local level, however, it is more complex.”
“We have got to bring government spending back under control.”
