What Alexander Wissner-Gross has said about Opposition to AI data centers
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 7, 2026
Alexander Wissner-Gross, Computer scientist and founder of Reified, co-host of Moonshots, has been quoted on Opposition to AI data centers once in 1 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on November 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Wissner-Gross argues municipalities should use their leverage to extract benefits from hyperscalers rather than ban data centers.
“Do you want the hyperscalers to pay for free school lunches, ask for it”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: The Great Collision Between Politics and AI | #309 (Nov 7, 2026) · Listen from 16:40
Episodes
The Great Collision Between Politics and AI | #309Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Nov 7, 2026 · 1 h 47 min
Salim Ismail, Alexander Wissner-Gross and Dave Blundin discuss how Democratic midterm gains and data-center backlash affect AI, markets, recursive self-improvement and orbital compute.
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- Dave Blundin · 1 quote
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