Fink Says Blocking Data Centers Is Inflationary. What He Said, and What's Missing
BlackRock's CEO told Bloomberg on Oct. 21 that a slow data-center buildout raises costs. His claim is documented; the evidence behind it is thinner.
BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has a blunt message for communities trying to stop data centers from being built: slowing them down, he argues, will make prices worse, not better. It's a claim worth slowing down on too, because it's one executive's view, and it comes from someone with money riding on the outcome.
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