Valuetainment - May 15, 2026


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Patrick Bet-David
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5 minutes

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1,124

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81

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In this episode, I sit down with Texas Governor Rick Perry to talk about a variety of topics including AI data centers, local opposition to them, and how to balance development with property rights and the needs of the local community.

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00:00:00 Another topic that keeps coming up is AI data centers, how 10 years ago we didn't have any AI data centers.
00:00:05 And now, you know, we got somewhere between 4,000 data centers currently and another 1,400, I think, that are pending that are being built.
00:00:15 And there's all these issues that the local, you know, local people that are not happy about it.
00:00:20 You know, Kevin O'Leary, I think, was involved in one in Utah, which was a famous one in the last week or so that we're seeing the local people screaming.
00:00:27 We don't we don't want you to come down here.
00:00:28 some of the clips of what these data centers sound like, super noisy, some of them less,
00:00:33 some of them more, but they need a lot of power. And the noise is made because they need that AC
00:00:37 in there to keep the machines cool. So that noise is disturbing people locally. In Texas,
00:00:44 I think I saw a number that you guys currently have 40 data centers about to go to 400 in the
00:00:49 next two years. What is your opinion on AI data centers? Because there's two arguments to it.
00:00:56 where do you stand with that? So it's a complicated issue because obviously we are competing with
00:01:01 China and that's artificial intelligence and we cannot lose that race. And so we've got to figure 0.55
00:01:08 out how to wait, a way to keep up and not just keep up, but to excel and make sure that they
00:01:13 don't finish ahead of us and they're not ahead of us because we know that they are. And on the other
00:01:17 hand, I have a lot of sensitivity to local communities that don't want things built next
00:01:23 to their neighborhoods, I think there needs to be some balance.
00:01:26 And there's always going to be a tension, I think,
00:01:28 between development and local needs.
00:01:30 And I think that needs to be decided by local communities
00:01:33 and potentially with the input of their state officials,
00:01:38 like their state senators and their state representatives.
00:01:40 Those officials, those local elected officials who represent them
00:01:44 at the state level are ultimately going to have to look at this
00:01:46 from sort of a global standpoint, the tension between development,
00:01:50 keeping up with the ARAs, keeping up with technology,
00:01:53 versus China and other countries, and also protecting the rights,
00:01:58 the property rights, and the lives of people in local communities.
00:02:01 So it's not an easy issue.
00:02:02 I don't think there's one answer.
00:02:04 I just think it needs to be addressed at the state level,
00:02:07 and then we need to consider at the local level individual situations.
00:02:11 Do you see that as a victory that it's gone from 40 to 402 years?
00:02:15 Do you see that as a – because I was at a Goldman event in Dallas,
00:02:19 and I was telling you earlier, Raspro Jr. spoke, and he sold Texas.
00:02:23 Like, I've never seen anybody sell Texas.
00:02:25 He should run for something.
00:02:26 It was so amazing the way he sold Texas.
00:02:30 And then I saw the governor from Oklahoma come up, tall guy, 6'5", 6'6".
00:02:34 He crushed it.
00:02:35 He did great.
00:02:36 He's very proud of Oklahoma and selling Oklahoma.
00:02:38 It was very impressive watching him.
00:02:40 And then the stories about, you know, Goldman Sachs, their second biggest facility.
00:02:45 I don't know how big it is.
00:02:46 I think 800,000 square feet or something like that.
00:02:48 Their New York one is 2.1 million or some massive property, but they're building 800,000.
00:02:53 and they're moving a ton of people to you as well as a bunch of other companies.
00:02:57 So do you see, when you're in a meeting and you're talking to other business folks and entrepreneurs,
00:03:02 is it a celebration that Texas has gone from 40 AI data centers to 402 years?
00:03:09 I don't know if it's that specific, but it is a celebration that we are open for business,
00:03:15 that people are voting with their feet.
00:03:16 They're leaving the New York, they're leaving California, they're leaving liberal democratic states.
00:03:21 And you know why? Because those policies harm people in their own states. They cost them a lot of money. They hurt their standard of living. And what's great about Texas is we are open for business. Now, look, there's always, you've always got, just like me, I sue companies that do bad things. So we're going to protect consumers. We're going to protect people if companies get out of control. But we want business here. We are welcome. And we're not going to take your money. We're not trying to take your money with state income tax.
00:03:45 We have a reasonable tax system, which I still believe needs to be adjusted.
00:03:49 But we have a very good environment for people to come live, be successful, educate their kids, take care of their families and create wealth for themselves.
00:03:58 And this state is not about taking it from them.
00:04:02 Yeah, it'll be interesting how this goes.
00:04:04 It is a controversial topic because of where a lot of this power was coming up.
00:04:10 We were worried about the amount of power crypto needed to produce and mine Bitcoins.
00:04:14 Oh, my God, that's going to be the problem.
00:04:16 And all of a sudden, these AI data centers came up, and it's 70% of business for these data centers are now going to, the energy is going to the AI data center.
00:04:27 So it'll be interesting.
00:04:28 On a golf score, I believe Texas is probably the best state to live in in America, even though I'm in Florida.
00:04:37 I think Florida is the top two.
00:04:39 But for business, your airports being center, easy to travel to anywhere.
00:04:45 And I think you're probably living in one of the best cities in America where you're at.
00:04:49 We used to go to that mall every single weekend, the mall that's down the street from you.
00:04:54 And they had a cheesecake factory there.
00:04:57 We used to go to this Greek restaurant.
00:04:58 It's a great area you're in.
00:04:59 We love the area you're in.
00:05:01 When we left, we miss it till today.
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