This is completely insane
These States are effectively helping finance a significant portion of data centers' costs through tax exemptions
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2026
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Okay, sure... But a dozen IT salaries doesn't even come close to justifying multi-hundred-million dollar state subsidies. Local governments will be lucky to see a five-figure return on that investment in the form of employee W2s.
And meanwhile the local cost of power and water is going to skyrocket in the area... all so 12 guys in a community of 1000s can make 70k a year? Unreal.
Yeah that was a quite tongue-in-cheek comment. Surprised it didn't transmit so well.
Well I thought it was obvious.