“I want them to make sure that they have to follow our rules, that we're not following theirs. Data centers don't get to write the rules. Data center companies don't get to dictate what this looks like. ... What right looks like is not determined by them. What right looks like is determined by the people of Maryland.”

…data centers. And so again, I believe in critical infrastructure, but I also believe in guardrails. And that's why I think these have been some of the most aggressive guardrails that have been laid out about how we are thinking about this type of, you know, these types of industries in our state.

…law making it easier for data centers in Maryland to construct backup generators. You reportedly said of the bill signing that the law was going to supercharge the data center industry in the state. How are you feeling about data centers now and what would you like their presence here to be?

Before I let you go, two last big picture questions. So you have often pointed out that you don't have a background in politics, but I don't think everybody knows that you have a background as an entrepreneur. You ran a startup that was focused on education. How does having that entrepreneurial…

It helps because I think as entrepreneurs, there's two things that we understand well. It's speed and flexibility. You know, entrepreneurs don't have the luxury of moving slow. And I have found that for a lot of people who have been kind of creatures of politics, there is this slow-moving nature…

idea is to move fast and not break too many things.