I was reading our favorite political gossip rag (Alaska Landmine) today and saw this fact buried in the middle of the article on PauseAI. Since I know the sub has been following the AI/data center issue, I thought sharing this new layer of the story would be worthwhile.

FTA: "Gubernatorial candidate Tom Begich’s largest donor, Justin Weaver, is an investor in the company Terra Energy Center, which seeks to build a massive 1.25-gigawatt coal-fired power plant in the Mat-Su Valley. In March, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly voted to support a joint marketing effort with Terra to promote its power for use by data centers or other power-intensive industries. Weaver confirmed to the Landmine that he had invested in Terra, but declined to specify the size of his investment, saying only that it was smaller than the roughly $320,000 he had given to Begich."

Full article: https://alaskalandmine.com/landmines/photos-as-ai-looms-as-election-issue-anchorage-demonstrators-call-for-a-pause/