My Visit to the Data Center
My Visit to the Data Center Stephen Moore 8:30 AM | July 25, 2026 AP Photo/Jenny Kane Last week I took a daylong field trip touring a giant data center near Dulles International Airport in Loudon County, Virginia. "The cloud" is the hardware that stores trillions of data files, research, love letters, the entirety of the Library of Congress and virtually everything else ever written, invented or retrievable online. I am well aware that Americans are very split on the benefits of data centers, and the majority of voters say they don't want one anywhere near their community.
- ▪My Visit to the Data Center Stephen Moore 8:30 AM | July 25, 2026 AP Photo/Jenny Kane Last week I took a daylong field trip touring a giant data center near Dulles International Airport in Loudon County, Virginia.
- ▪"The cloud" is the hardware that stores trillions of data files, research, love letters, the entirety of the Library of Congress and virtually everything else ever written, invented or retrievable online.
- ▪I am well aware that Americans are very split on the benefits of data centers, and the majority of voters say they don't want one anywhere near their community.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 5 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ With Data Centers and Energy, the Lefties Look Left — RealClear Markets
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My Visit to the Data Center Stephen Moore 8:30 AM | July 25, 2026 AP Photo/Jenny Kane Last week I took a daylong field trip touring a giant data center near Dulles International Airport in Loudon County, Virginia. "The cloud" is the hardware that stores trillions of data files, research, love letters, the entirety of the Library of Congress and virtually everything else ever written, invented or retrievable online. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); The cloud is synonymous with "data center." Many people don't realize that without these massive data centers -- that have somehow been demonized by everyone across the political spectrum from Elizabeth Warren to Steve Bannon…
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