Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Data centers are power-hungry, and that's actually a feature, not a bug.

Lou Perez and Phil Magness make the case that surging electricity demand is a market signal — it pushes utilities to build more capacity and upgrade the grid, and the whole neighborhood benefits from the spillover.

Self-interest, it turns out, does more for infrastructure than a strongly worded press release.

Hear the full breakdown on this week's Happy Hour Econ. youtube.com/watch?v=fXHunGGXlhw