Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!

This episode features a conversation with Bozeman-based educator and community organizer Matt Kortan. I was introduced to Matt back in February at a public meeting held at the library here in Bozeman. Matt was one of two presenters hosting a discussion about the current status of AI data center development in Montana, the issues and concerns attendant to these developments, and ways Bozeman DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) proposes addressing them.

In this conversation we discuss...

• the current (known) data center developments underway in Montana
• what are data centers, anyway?
• Montana's energy monopoly - Northwestern Energy - and the Public Service Commission's role in regulating them
• concerns about increased energy demands on Montana's grid, and where an increased energy supply would come from
• data centers' impacts on water, wildlife, and the economy
• the status of the opposition to data centers in Montana and beyond
• what Matt feels hopeful about
• ...and a whole lot more

Thanks so much for joining us!

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Bozeman DSA: https://bozemandsa.org/

National DSA: https://www.dsausa.org/

Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC): https://meic.org/

Sign MEIC's Data Center Petition: www.meic.org/data-centers

Montana Public Service Commission (PSC): https://www.psc.mt.gov/

Sunrise Movement: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/

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