Bottoms Says Georgia Needs Pause on New Data Centers

Keisha Lance Bottoms, Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate, in a pre-recorded interview, says she wants to pause new data center construction while the state examines the industry's impact on the electric grid, consumer costs, public health and water supplies. Bottoms says the pause could last from one month to six months or longer and says the state should determine whether Georgia needs additional data centers and how to allow future development responsibly. Bottoms says Georgia should expand Medicaid, arguing that 300,000 people lack health insurance coverage because the state has not done so and that nine rural hospitals have closed. Bottoms says she supports responsible, lawful immigration enforcement, but opposes tactics she thinks are disruptive to communities and local law enforcement. She speaks with Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz on Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power."

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