Re: AI: Better an empty lot than a data center

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<So unless you do some serious outreach and work out a way to have them share in the upside, they'll often turn out against your project.

Dealing with something similar here in WA. There's a data center that would like to locate in a small town and a subset of residents are going nuclear over it. All kinds of claims of residents will get cancer, the water will be polluted, this and that.

Meanwhile, in the small town of Quincy, WA:

thebeltwayreport.com - How quincy washington became microsofts model data center town

Public radio station KUOW has reported that years of tax revenue tied to the data centers have helped Quincy build a state-of-the-art high school and hospital. The city recently opened a new aquatic center featuring a six-lane lap pool, a lazy river and waterslides, and is now planning a separate indoor sports complex. Data centers do not generate large numbers of direct jobs on their own — a single facility can run with 50 employees or fewer, according to KUOW. But with several facilities operating in and around Quincy, the industry has become a meaningful employer collectively, while also supporting construction work, local service businesses and the broader municipal tax base.

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