150 employees in a community of a few thousand or even 20 thousand is a massive boost to the local economy. Some places these things are being built have had declining populations for decades and haven't been new jobs in as many years as well.

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austin-cheney a day ago | parent [-]

That is numerically irrational. If a data center consumes enough water and power for a community of 20,000 what do those local residents get in return?

This is numerically simple. How much money do these data centers return to the local community and how much do they cost the local community. It’s a catastrophic net-negative for all parties except the owner and the construction crew.

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MaxHoppersGhost 20 hours ago | parent [-]

>If a data center consumes enough water and power for a community of 20,000 what do those local residents get in return?

Source? We live in America and, except for some areas like the southwest, there are reservoirs everywhere with loads of water.

	▲	austin-cheney 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Where in the US is there unlimited fresh water for municipal consumption? Does data center construction include the expenses of building out additional reservoirs?