Brief google search shows that most Meta DC's give around ~15M per year taxes on average per year. I'm not sure what circuitous route you are speaking about.

https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-12-02/dek...

https://ipmnewsroom.org/how-do-data-centers-benefit-the-plac...

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measurablefunc 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Meta is an unnecessary middleman, all those payments could be handled w/o them & their advertising network. Also, from your own link

> META received a 55 percent tax break as part of the Enterprise Zone Tax abatement program, which is a state initiative

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simianwords 2 hours ago | parent [-]

This doesn't make any sense.

You asked this

> How do I, as an ordinary person, benefit from Meta's data centres?

And I gave the answer. How do you think you can eliminate the middleman?

> Enterprise Zone Tax abatement program

The amount I showed was after accounting for the Tax abatement program. And its almost as if there's a reason the state wants to have this program in the first place. Almost as if it helps broader society.

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measurablefunc 2 hours ago | parent [-]

My city has bonds for all sorts of projects & it is financed by the people & federal grants. No corporations are involved in the process. It's not complicated: https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/effective-funding-fra...

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		You asked how data centres help you personally, I answered that it was taxes. Your response is that - no you don't need the money, you can get it elsewhere. This is a kind of senseless argument, I'll let you decide whether that's the case.