MINOT — "It's by far the most important race we've been in in the world."

That's what Applied Digital CEO Wes Cummins told us on this episode of Plain Talk. "In my opinion, there's two countries that are racing forward to advance AI, to reach super intelligence, to reach AGI (artificial general intelligence), and it's the United States and it's China."

Cummins says he wants the U.S. to win that race, which is why they're investing heavily in data center infrastructure across the country, including billions of dollars worth of projects in North Dakota. But that push is not without some local headwinds. Opposition to one of their proposed data centers in Harwood has manifested itself in some shouty public meetings, if not necessarily pushback from the larger public.

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