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[Kevin Rutois @Kevin_Rutois]

Google is making a much bigger bet on Miami.

Alphabet has reportedly expanded its Miami office from 10,000 to ~45,000 SQFT, further cementing Brickell as a growing tech hub. That's over 3x the space!

The expansion comes as co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have invested hundreds of millions into South Florida real estate, reinforcing Miami’s rise as a destination for tech🚀🌴

[The All-In Podcast @theallinpod]

David Sacks: Everything Kathy Hochul Said About Datacenters Was a False Accusation

@DavidSacks: “These data centers become the scapegoat for all of the angst that people have about AI.

Everything she's saying there is a false accusation on datacenters. So let's just go one by one.”

POWER:

So she's saying that they eat up all of the power. Well, yeah, if you connect to the grid without producing more power and you force datacenters to compete with residential ratepayers, then yeah, you could drive up utility prices.

However, if you do what Chamath said and let them build behind the meter, then they bring their own power. And that's what the president has advocated for since the beginning of his administration, is let the AI companies become power companies.

So that is the way to solve the energy problem or the utility problem.

LAND:

Then, she's talking about eating up land. The reality is these datacenters are a model of land use efficiency.

We have a ton of land in this country, obviously.

NOISE POLLUTION:

The supposed noise pollution, that's largely made up. That can be dealt with.

You obviously don't want to put these things right next to a residential area, but create a little bit of distance, and it's fine.

WATER CONSUMPTION:

The whole water consumption thing is largely a hoax.

Modern datacenters recirculate the water.

AIR POLLUTION:

One final thing just on the point that Hochul is making. She said it created a lot of pollution.

Natural gas, which is how most of these data centers are powered, is one of the most clean burning sources of power that we have.

“When you compare economic impact to all these different things, datacenters are honestly one of the best things we could be building as a nation.”

[jay plemons @jayplemons]

David Sacks dismantles Hochul’s data center myths:

• Power: Build behind the meter. AI companies can become power companies
• Land: Extremely efficient with massive ROI; America has plenty of open space
• Noise: Overblown, easily fixed with distance
• Water: Hoax — closed loop systems use less than In-N-Out or almonds
• Jobs & Taxes: Big tax revenue, construction boom + ongoing jobs
• Pollution: Powered by clean natural gas

@DavidSacks “When you compare economic impact to all these different things, data centers are one of the best things we could be building as a nation.

These data centers have become the scapegoat for all the angst about AI.”

@Jason “All I have to say is, Welcome to Texas.”

Should states be welcoming or blocking data centers?

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to hear this…

[Heather Turnbull @HturnbullRT]

@RubinTurnbull is so proud of our very own Sharonda Placide for all her commitment to her community, and our incredible clients @AlbieKaminsky & @taylorcferguson! So proud of all they do to give back!

[Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire]

This is huge!

Google demonstrated the first ever quantum computer that seems to pass the "quantum error correction threshold", providing a path towards large scale quantum machines

Congrats to the Google quantum team!

[Evan @StockMKTNewz]

GOOGLE $GOOGL OWNED WAYMO TO EXPAND SELF DRIVING TAXIS TO MIAMI

WAYMO TO BRING CARS TO MIAMI IN EARLY 2025, BEGIN OFFERING RIDES IN MIAMI IN 2026 - Bloomberg

[RubinTurnbull @RubinTurnbull]

An incredible donation from friends at @google. $500K will be contributed to the Florida Disaster Fund to help families rebuild. This kind of corporate responsibility will make a real difference for those in need. Thank you for helping communities rebuild and recover!

[Jeff Brandes @JeffreyBrandes]

The Supreme Court's decision in @NetChoice, authored by Justice Kagan and joined by Justices Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kavanaugh, highlights three core First Amendment principles:

1. Principles remain constant across technologies.
2. States cannot violate speech rights to achieve ideological balance.
3. Content publishers have the right to editorial discretion.

👉 "Laws curtailing editorial choices must meet the First Amendment’s requirements. This principle holds true from the physical to the virtual world."

👉 "[First Amendment] principles have served the Nation well over many years, even as communications methods evolve."

👉 "The government may not, in pursuit of better expressive balance, alter a private speaker’s editorial choices."

👉 "A State may not interfere with private actors’ speech to advance its own vision of ideological balance."

👉 "The government cannot prohibit speech to balance the speech market. Few dangers to free expression are greater than allowing the government to alter private speech for its own ideals."

#FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #SupremeCourt #NetChoice #Freedomwins

[Jeff Brandes @JeffreyBrandes]

Why does Florida struggle with signal timing in its cities even in 2024? We have the technology to ensure smoother traffic flow with better synchronization! 🚦🚗 Let's make the most of it. #FloridaTraffic #CityPlanning

[RubinTurnbull @RubinTurnbull]

More news out of @Google today. Starting January 16th, @YouTube is cracking down on AI content that ‘realistically simulates’ deceased children or victims of crimes. https://t.co/ZBRrxz7eUB

[@jason @Jason]

Yep, @google just leapfrogged @openai — game on!!!

Think i am going to buy more Google stock — this is not investment advice.

[Taylor Ferguson @taylorcferguson]

@Fla_Pol @YouTube @marcorubio @jacobogles Incorrect. The video was removed inadvertently and has been reinstated.

[Chris Tisch @christisch1]

The footage offers a dramatic look into an environment scarcely seen by the human eye: Waves towering nearly 23 feet tall rolled violently as Idalia’s winds gusted to nearly 100 mph.
https://t.co/h9p2xXILpH

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Miami? Passe. Thanks to an influx of young travelers and residents drawn by Tampa’s food and bar scene—and its walkability—the sleepy Sun Belt city is waking up fast. https://t.co/8xWbME6T2S

[Taylor Ferguson @taylorcferguson]

https://t.co/odbQfHbghB

[Taylor Ferguson @taylorcferguson]

@RWitbracht Noo, Waze!!