Google Wants $15M in Tax Breaks to Build a Data Center in Minnesota

Re:Google Wants $15M in Tax Breaks to Build a Data Center in... by buttcoinslol on Monday March 04, 2019 @06:36PM (#19306772)

> 5. There won't be 2,000 jobs to build a datacenter, that's wildly exaggerated. And there's no way in hell that the average construction worker is making even half of the number you just stated.

Most union tradespeople make at least $35/hr in MN, a handful make over $40. My company pays the union about $75/hr for a journeyman electrician, which is their full rate with benefits included. Most (or all?) the labor on this project will be union labor, a GC isn't going to take a chance on a non-union sub with 600 million on the line.

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Re:Google Wants $15M in Tax Breaks to Build a Data Center in... by pooloo1 on Monday March 04, 2019 @06:46PM (#19306839)

> 2. Why would a datacenter increase land value? This isn't a corporate headquarters, it's a datacenter.

Data centers require backbones to provide their services. Becker sits outside the range of most ISP's, in addition to no fiber connection; Monticello being the closest with fiber. I suspect there will be a substantial contract for laying fiber here, thus further increasing value of the land.

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Re:Google Wants $15M in Tax Breaks to Build a Data Center in... by supernovae on Monday March 04, 2019 @07:01PM (#19306921)

Centurylink is already passing through there. They already have 1gb internet for 65.00/month there. That's cheaper than what I pay here in Austin.

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Re:Google Wants $15M in Tax Breaks to Build a Data Center in... by pooloo1 on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:58PM (#19324671)

They dont have GB internet there, I have family there. =P

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