AI data centers have a branding problem, according to venture capitalist Gavin Baker.
Baker is a longtime tech investor. He serves as managing partner and chief investment officer at the hedge fund Atreides Management, which has invested in multiple data center-related companies, such as Crusoe. On “The A16z Show,” he made the case for data centers, which have proven highly controversial in the US.
“It’s probably the best thing that has ever happened to working-class Americans,” Baker said. “It is revitalizing all of these dying small towns all over America.”
Baker said that a college degree was becoming “significantly NPV negative” — or…
