An AI data center and self-driving cars, plus stories from the PGA Championship | The Week in Philly

About this episode

The episode discusses local opposition to an AI data center, the upcoming congressional election, driverless cars, and recent sports news including the PGA Championship and the firing of the 76ers' president.

Residents in Limerick, Montgomery County are not happy about the proposal to build an AI data center in their community. Primary election day is Tuesday, and there’s really only one race that everyone’s watching in Philadelphia: the race to fill Dwight Evans’ congressional seat in District 3. We also hear about driverless cars in Philly, the PGA Championship, and the 76ers firing their president, as Matt Leon catches up with KYW’s reporters about the biggest stories in the region this week. 00:00 Intro 02:01 Montco residents push back against proposed AI data center 07:02 Stanford, Rabb, or Street? Who will win the heated District 3 congressional election? 12:28 Questions about Waymo’s driverless cars, and about SEPTA’s budget 18:03 Sixers fire president Daryl Morey after second-round playoff defeat 25:05 Local stories on the green at PGA Championship 30:01 Odunde festival expands for 2026 Listen to The Week in Philly every Saturday at 5am and 3pm, and Sunday at 3pm

People in this episode

Host: Matt Leon

Topics covered

• AI data center
• self-driving cars
• congressional election
• PGA Championship
• local news
• sports

Keywords

• AI data center
• Montgomery County
• Dwight Evans
• Waymo
• PGA Championship
• Daryl Morey
• self-driving cars
• 76ers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Waymo, SEPTA, 76ers

Places: Limerick, Montgomery County

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