# Inside Olympia -- Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft

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Podcast: [Inside Olympia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-olympia-2956081)
Published: 2026-02-04T18:34:12+00:00
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## Resource

Microsoft President Brad Smith has been in Olympia this week to talk with lawmakers about the company’s policy priorities – affordability, tax reform and infrastructure, including housing supply targets, “pay our own way” data center energy commitments, and a shared responsibility agreement under which the company gets to build and invest, and the town gets lasting value in return.. He also discusses water replenishment and “closed-loop liquid cooling” for data centers, AI’s job impacts, bubble risks, and the state’s role in balanced AI regulation.

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