> The data centers will thus provide 45 percent of the nearly $2.9 billion in county tax revenue. For perspective, that means that the money they generate exceeds what Loudoun spends on every county function outside the school system. In effect, local police, courts, jails, fire and rescue, libraries, parks, animal control, and social services are funded without burdening residents.

-- Loudoun County, Virginia

Heard an interview with the former head of Loudoun County who is now an evangelist for the data center industry. They got the county completely out of debt. They tripled the amount they spent on parks and art. But the kicker was the fact they have a $1 billion dollars in their rainy day fund! The data centers are all located in four townships out of sixteen in the county.

And so what, if the datacenters render the place uninhabitable? Even if its budget is in the black the county sounds awful to live in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAliBRyq_1c

Look how close all these shrieking buildings are to residential areas.