Vivienne Ming @socos.org ยท May 21

๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง. Industry wants the AI boom, but few communities want intrusive, costly data centers. A new paper maps every U.S. data center to its county and measures what happens after one shows up. The results are mixed in a way that should reshape how local governments think about these deals.

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Vivienne Ming ยท May 21

On the upside, opening a new data center leads to increases in - data-processing jobs, - construction jobs, - new establishments, - higher tax returns, - higher adjusted gross income, and - higher wages. This looks like real economic activity, not just press releases.