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Do data centers actually create jobs where they are built?

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Do data centers actually create jobs where they are built?
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Data centers require enormous investments: land, buildings, computer equipment, and power infrastructure. Yet, once they’re up and running, they tend to employ no more than a few dozen people in occupations such as IT technicians, engineers, and security guards. With billions of dollars flowing into new data centers across the United States, communities are asking what they will get in return.



Skepticism about the local benefits of data centers is contributing to growing opposition to their c

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