So let them do it. None of these are going to bring anything into our economy once built. They are all american companies and there are very few jobs in a data centre.
That last part is key. Data centres use up a huge amount of real estate and produce incredible strain on local infrastructure, but they produce an incredibly small amount of employment. It’s mostly just a few low-wage security guards. You could fit dozens of other businesses, employing thousands of people, into the space taken up by one data center.
So let them do it. None of these are going to bring anything into our economy once built. They are all american companies and there are very few jobs in a data centre.
That last part is key. Data centres use up a huge amount of real estate and produce incredible strain on local infrastructure, but they produce an incredibly small amount of employment. It’s mostly just a few low-wage security guards. You could fit dozens of other businesses, employing thousands of people, into the space taken up by one data center.