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Inside a data center built pre-AI boom, and how it's benefitted a community

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Jo Ling Kent visits a Microsoft data center constructed in Quincy, Washington, two decades ago. She interviews the town's mayor to explore how the facility has positively impacted the local community.
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Jo Ling Kent went inside a Microsoft data center built two decades ago in Quincy, Washington, and spoke to the town's mayor to learn how it has benefited the community. The data center, constructed before the AI boom, has provided significant economic advantages to Quincy. The mayor highlighted the creation of numerous jobs and the injection of capital into the local economy. Additionally, the data center has helped to modernize the town's infrastructure and foster a sense of technological advancement in the area.

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Jo Ling Kent goes inside a Microsoft data center built two decades ago in Quincy, Washington, and speaks to the town's mayor to learn how it has benefited the community.
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Jo Ling Kent goes inside a Microsoft data center built two decades ago in Quincy, Washington, and speaks to the town's mayor to learn how it has benefited the community.
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