Heather Fine-Walsh
165:40 - 166:31
"we only have room on the grid for one data center. So if data center is approved before any regulations are in place, that's game over."
“we only have room on the grid for one data center. So if data center is approved before any regulations are in place, that's game over.”
- Speaker
- Heather Fine-Walsh
- Timestamp
- 165:40 – 166:31
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- September 11, 2026
From the transcript
So, um, the purpose of pausing applications while regulations can be put in place is, um, rather than, rather than just keeping it open, is that, um, really we only have, from what Mr. Hagerman said, we only have room on the grid for one data center. So if data center is approved before any regulations are in place, that's game over. Um, and I think rather than kind of trusting that a corporation will do the— act in the public benefit, I think that's not realistic. Corporations are responsible to their shareholders rather than to the public, and that's just how corporations work. And I think if we want certain guardrails as a community, especially I know that the power ordinance is in progress and I don't believe it's been submitted yet.
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