{"podcast":{"title":"Cato Podcast","slug":"cato-podcast-7441736","podcast_index_feed_id":7441736,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5e28e0d8963f166217546493","website_url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/1751307571605-b8d32395-9136-4f7f-94cf-0fc594e3456d.jpeg","author":"Cato Institute","episode_count":4844,"summary":"Each week on Cato Podcast , leading scholars and policymakers from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T04:20:40.215838+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-7441736"},"episode":{"title":"Data Centers Turn Electricity into Breakthroughs","slug":"data-centers-turn-electricity-into-breakthroughs","published_at":"2026-07-07T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-7441736/data-centers-turn-electricity-into-breakthroughs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-7441736","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/data-centers-turn-electricity-breakthroughs","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/e/6a4bd372d555352bfa54b786/media.mp3","summary":"Golf courses and factories use just as much water and electricity as data centers, yet only the latter draws local protests and construction bans. Cato's Rikki Schlott sits down with Travis Fisher and Jennifer Huddleston to make the case for energy abundance and technological advancement over fearmongering and warn that moratoriums could hand China the AI edge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Golf courses and factories use just as much water and electricity as data centers, yet only the latter draws local protests and construction bans. Cato's…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2126,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cato-podcast-7441736/episodes/data-centers-turn-electricity-into-breakthroughs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-7441736/data-centers-turn-electricity-into-breakthroughs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}