Data Centers would have made them sooooooo rich, very silly policies indeed, they’d be swimming in money

harimau777 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I can't tell if this is sarcasm? On the chance that it isn't, how would that make them rich? The profit from the data centers goes to the owner not to the people in the community or rest of the state.

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Acrobatic_Road 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There's this thing called taxes...

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alphager an hour ago | parent | next [-]

That are paid (if not avoided) at the location of the owner, not the location of the dc.

Datacenters really aren't that good for the locals. Low property tax, just tens of jobs but very high infrastructure needs.

	▲	bdangubic an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I live in Northern VA, the world capital of data centers and can co-sign this. they bring absolutely nothing other than our electric bills have literally doubled in the last 24 or so months

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jmalicki an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

There aren't taxes on datacenters in Texas. They gain virtually nothing from them!

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/08/texas-data-centers-s...

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Acrobatic_Road 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's emblematic of Maine's wider anti-business and anti-growth climate which may explain why the state now has the highest median age in the US and one of the lowest fertility rates of any state.