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Mark Polos

Oct 8, 2026

18:52
But do you think that the alliance can successfully block this in city council?
18:59
Yeah, so I certainly do.
19:01
I mean, let's just start with the fact that regulation should have started at a world level, right? UN or somebody at a world level should have been regulating these things for a number of years.
19:10
We failed at the federal level.
19:12
We've got a governor, I'm sorry, a president that's called it a hoax and we haven't regulated it there.
19:18
But at the state level, there has been serious consideration to regulation.
19:22
I do believe that later this year we will have a finality to regulating data centers at the state level.
20:23
So what do you say to city leaders, advocates, even community members who argue that rushing into data center expansion without guardrails poses a risk to Chicago communities in terms of health, air, and water concerns?

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