Shiny new jobs...most data centers don't have a lot of jobs once they are built.
Shiny new jobs...most data centers don't have a lot of jobs once they are built.
This bullshit is simply a recurring pattern: large-scale utility or corporate projects sold as economic benefits and always leaves consumers footing the bill.
Georgia Power frames this as "future-proofing" the grid and attracting tech investment. But data centers don’t generate local economic benefits, they’re capital-intensive, highly automated, and create relatively few jobs compared to the scale of subsidies and infrastructure costs.
This mirrors past failures like Foxconn in Wisconsin or stadium subsidies nationwide, where promised jobs and growth never matched reality.
This bullshit is simply a recurring pattern: large-scale utility or corporate projects sold as economic benefits and always leaves consumers footing the bill.
Georgia Power frames this as "future-proofing" the grid and attracting tech investment. But data centers don’t generate local economic benefits, they’re capital-intensive, highly automated, and create relatively few jobs compared to the scale of subsidies and infrastructure costs.
This mirrors past failures like Foxconn in Wisconsin or stadium subsidies nationwide, where promised jobs and growth never matched reality.
It takes a long time for things like this to get approved, funded and into construction. I’m hoping the AI bubble will burst before any taxpayer dollars are wasted.
It takes a long time for things like this to get approved, funded and into construction. I’m hoping the AI bubble will burst before any taxpayer dollars are wasted.
One can hope!
One can hope!
Go nuclear or go dark.
Go nuclear or go dark.