They can be taxed. There should be a point where the price is right for the community hosting.

The vast majority of tax revenue is calculated where the headquarters are located, not where the datacenter is located.

I've seen multiple stories already talking about how these installations are almost universally net-negative for the locales they're built in.

If this is the case why would local officials permit them?

Why do members of congress end up with more wealth than their salary could justify?

	▲	nfw2 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I would say a combination of already being rich, being old, and insider trading. Congress can't actually take personal funds from lobbyists legally. Maybe if someone is in Congress, they can skirt the law around lobbyist gifts due to your position of power, but 1. it doesn't sound very plausible that someone becomes a multimillionaire by squirreling away illegal gifts or campaign funds and 2. to become I doubt small town city councils making these decisions are in a similar place. Most of reality is boring and not like the movies.
	▲	energy123 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		So who is bribing Malaysian officials to give tax breaks to foreign DCs? Be specific.