Comment on Data centers have hiked electricity prices on the public by $23BparentComments−derektank1moData centers pay taxes don’t they? That money presumably goes into funding government services which would necessarily raise the local GDP−bell-cot1moOnly if the data center's task force of influencers, lobbyists, and arm-twisters are incompetent.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_abatement(Yes, in general, they'll pay some tax. Some. But they also add a wide variety of direct and indirect expenses, both fiscal and social.)
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Data centers pay taxes don’t they? That money presumably goes into funding government services which would necessarily raise the local GDP
Only if the data center's task force of influencers, lobbyists, and arm-twisters are incompetent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_abatement
(Yes, in general, they'll pay some tax. Some. But they also add a wide variety of direct and indirect expenses, both fiscal and social.)