Politico May 16, 2025
Derek Robertson

Hello, and welcome to this week’s installment of the Future in Five Questions. This week I spoke with Josh Levi, president of the Data Center Coalition, the primary trade group for one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States. Levi, a former vice president of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, discussed why he thinks government needs to do more to boost U.S. energy generation and capacity, the influence of science historian James Burke’s “Connections,” and the astonishing rate of growth and spending in his own industry. An edited and condensed version of the conversation follows:

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