Local Voices, Big Tech, and the AI Frontier (10-19-26)

I think, again, it doesn't matter to me what your opinion is one way or another.

I think when a particular proposed project comes up, what matters is the people that actually call that particular thing home.

Our founding fathers thought very... long and hard about how private property rights should be designed in the founding of this great country.

And to me, if you own property around a particular facility, you get the power of the decision-making.

So the residents and the landowners of Harmony Township.

And I think what's really neat about this one is that, you know, a group of people have an opportunity here to sort of shape their community.

This particular company has something that they do regularly where they set up a community advisory board.

And in this case, there'd be $10 million set aside for this community advisory board to decide, okay, what kind of projects do we want to be able to do? They have another fund that does, you know, like in this case, they're talking about maybe these residents want a grocery store a little closer to them.

And that would then invest in a community grocery store.

So there are opportunities for the landowners to say, okay, I'd like to locate a data center in my neighborhood.

I own land here, so let's have a conversation.

So I think those things are great, and that's what's happening.

And I think this one is, I think, attracting my attention just because of the fact that you've really got a micro-community here, ultimately, that will decide all this.

So we'll talk a little bit about that today on the program at 701-271-1100.

And it's called What's On Your Mind, so pretty much anything goes related to what is on your mind.

Call us today on the program.

Speaking of which...

What did I miss over the weekend? I'm talking to Dalton earlier, and he said, do you see what's going on in France? I'm like, I guess I was too busy cleaning the garage and getting ready for this listing session at Hagee's Bar and Grill today until 1 o'clock with the folks in the neighborhood of this proposed data center.

What did I miss in France? What the heck's

I think, again, it doesn't matter to me what your opinion is one way or another.

I think when a particular proposed project comes up, what matters is the people that actually call that particular thing home.

Our founding fathers thought very... long and hard about how private property rights should be designed in the founding of this great country.

And to me, if you own property around a particular facility, you get the power of the decision-making.

So the residents and the landowners of Harmony Township.

And I think what's really neat about this one is that, you know, a group of people have an opportunity here to sort of shape their community.

This particular company has something that they do regularly where they set up a community advisory board.

And in this case, there'd be $10 million set aside for this community advisory board to decide, okay, what kind of projects do we want to be able to do? They have another fund that does, you know, like in this case, they're talking about maybe these residents want a grocery store a little closer to them.

And that would then invest in a community grocery store.

So there are opportunities for the landowners to say, okay, I'd like to locate a data center in my neighborhood.

I own land here, so let's have a conversation.

So I think those things are great, and that's what's happening.

And I think this one is, I think, attracting my attention just because of the fact that you've really got a micro-community here, ultimately, that will decide all this.

So we'll talk a little bit about that today on the program at 701-271-1100.

And it's called What's On Your Mind, so pretty much anything goes related to what is on your mind.

Call us today on the program.

Speaking of which...

What did I miss over the weekend? I'm talking to Dalton earlier, and he said, do you see what's going on in France? I'm like, I guess I was too busy cleaning the garage and getting ready for this listing session at Hagee's Bar and Grill today until 1 o'clock with the folks in the neighborhood of this proposed data center.

What did I miss in France? What the heck's