Show Notes
Microsoft President Brad Smith has been in Olympia this week to talk with lawmakers about the company’s policy priorities – affordability, tax reform and infrastructure, including housing supply targets, “pay our own way” data center energy commitments, and a shared responsibility agreement under which the company gets to build and invest, and the town gets lasting value in return.. He also discusses water replenishment and “closed-loop liquid cooling” for data centers, AI’s job impacts, bubble risks, and the state’s role in balanced AI regulation.
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