Data Center Pushback, and the Return of Vinyl

Data Center Pushback, and the Return of Vinyl

From This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro by Jeanne Destro

March 20, 2026 · 11 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the pushback against data centers supporting AI, job losses in tech, financial issues facing the US Postal Service, and the resurgence of vinyl records among young people.

AI continues to stir controversy nationwide this week, as more communities, including some in Ohio, are pushing back against huge data centers that support AI, which use a lot of resources, but bring very few jobs to the communities in which they are located. In addition, despite all the hype about how great AI will be for efficiency and possible advances in many areas including science and medicine; there are growing concerns about job losses, with thousands already cut from big Tech companies like Meta, Amazon, Oracle, Pinterest, and eBay. There is also concern that the US Postal Service might run out of money in the next year, because of long-term, and expanding financial problems, exacerbated this week by the news that Amazon, which is their largest customer, is reducing the number of packages it plans to have delivered through USPS. We've also got a story about how analog vinyl records, which have become increasingly popular among young people raised in the digital age, are now smashing sales records going back decades. Listen now.

People in this episode

Host: Jeanne Destro

Topics covered

  • AI controversy
  • data centers
  • job losses
  • US Postal Service
  • vinyl records
  • technology news

Keywords

  • AI
  • data centers
  • job losses
  • US Postal Service
  • vinyl records
  • technology
  • Ohio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Amazon, Oracle, Pinterest, eBay, US Postal Service

Places: Ohio

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