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INNOVATION/) Op-Ed Published June 15. = SHARE pete-pay-fot-thelt-owne infrastructure him), bu business and labor leaders jointly wrote about the need for greater education as it relates to data center development in New Jersey. NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka and IBEW Local 102 President Bernie Corrigan said that their op-ed was not “a case for approving every project” and Gov. Mikie Sherrill was correct in calling for transparency and community review as part of her recently announced data center plon But the business and labor leaders came together to say there has been much fear and misinformation spread about Al data center growth In the state and that New Jersey, as the Innovation State, “cannot let misperception outrun opportunity.” “We should be positioning New Jersey as a leader in Al innovation at exactly the moment that position is worth something,” Corrigan and Siekerka wrote. “National ond global economies are at an inflection point, a bold new era of innovation. Data centers are investments for this era. The states that understand this are already ahead. New Jersey should be one of them, “The last thing we want to do in this rapidly acvancing space of Alis to puta firewall around New Jersey being a leader in this emerging new economy,” they said. Siekerka and Corrigan said that while many communities are asking the right questions where data centers are being considered, residents are sometimes provided misinformation from organized opposition to those facilities, specifically in the areas of electricity costs, water usage, emissions, noise levels and community impact. Here's how they set the record straight in those areas: On electricity costs: “Electricity rotes in New Jersey are set by utilities and regulated by the Board of Public Utilities, not by dato center operators. Here's the sharper question we should be asking: Is the data center operator funding the new infrastructure it will require? “if the utility builds it ond recovers the cost through rates, that bill lands on residential customers. If the data center operator funds it directly, there's no infrastructure cost to pass along. https:/injbla.org/njbia- bew-lecat-i02-set-record-straight-on-ai-data-centers-in-new-op-ed/2ulm_sourceschatgpl.com A), TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION (HTTPS://NuBIA.ORG/CATEGORY/Al-TECHNOLOGY- NJBIA, IBEW Local 102 Set Record Straight on AJ

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