Investor Gavin Baker: AI data centers are 'the best thing' for US working class
GavinSBaker · x · 2026-09-04
Gavin Baker, CIO of Atreides Management, argued on The A16z Show that AI data centers are "probably the best thing that has ever happened to working-class Americans," revitalizing dying small towns and creating blue-collar jobs. He acknowledged data centers face a branding problem amid US controversy; his fund has invested in data-center companies like Crusoe.
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