It's funny how people complain about the rust belt dying and factories leaving rural communities and so on, then when someone wants to build something that can provide jobs and tax revenue, everyone complains.

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jakeydus 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How many people are employed at the average data center? A few dozen? Versus a steel mill, that’s nothing. A chicken plant in Nebraska closed down this last month. 3200 people lost their jobs. You think Meta will fill it with GPUs and the whole town will have jobs again?

	▲	scotty79 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Many more are employed while building it. And they will never stop building. It's modern version of rail. But instead of distances it will cover the area.

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lostlogin 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I’ve heard about the risk of AI leading to job losses and wealth concentration.

I haven’t heard about new businesses, job creation and growth in former industrial towns. What have I missed?