Data centers are on my mind today. And I've got more skin in this game than most people realize.
My Dad worked for a company that was one of only two businesses in the country doing government data centers back in the eighties and nineties — handling U.S. government needs across the board, and running Australia's Social Security system as well. Later he worked at LexisNexis — one of the largest legal and medical data companies in the world. They had their own on-site data center. One of the largest in the country for legal and medical data.
And my father's cousin built all the robots that cleaned up Three Mile Island after the big nuclear fallout.
I mention that because it's not just a fun family fact. First quarter of 2027, our data centers will be equipped with small modular nuclear reactors. We're talking about energy sources that can create master plans for entire cities. The whole game changes. My Dad had deep exposure to two of the most significant data operations of his era. My father's cousin was on the front lines of a nuclear disaster cleanup. It feels like it's in my blood to do this — and to do it right.
So when people talk about data centers like they're some new concept, I pay attention differently.
I've been reading a lot about the pushback — and some of it is valid. But then I watched Kevin O'Leary go on Tucker Carlson and just completely fall apart. Couldn't explain anything. Couldn't articulate how data centers actually work, why they matter, how they should be built. All he had was "we don't wanna lose to China." That's it. That's the whole argument.
My business partner Mark and I could walk into that same conversation and answer all the questions with conviction. What a good neighbor data center looks like. How you do it right. Because that monstrosity going up in Utah? That's not the model. That's the cautionary tale.
What we're focused on is different. A big core of what we do is retrofitting existing data centers — taking what's already out there and turning them into Good Neighbor data centers. Lower footprint, better energy, done right. And with every data center we work on, we bring manufacturing jobs. That's not an afterthought. That's the point. We want to be genuinely good neighbors and have a real financial impact on the communities we work in.
Enthusiastically,
Rob Bergeron
Owner–Realtor at Award-Winning Winner Realty
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