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Re:Missouri town fires half its city council over data cente... by EvanAnderson on Monday April 13, 2026 @01:42PM (#47755457)
A friend of mine is an independent electrician in the Columbus, OH area. Last summer he told me he was getting plenty of datacenter construction work, albeit it was in the form of subcontracted jobs from the larger firms who were awarded the contracts.
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Re:Missouri town fires half its city council over data cente... by duskwuff on Monday April 13, 2026 @03:36PM (#47756857)
Even if the datacenter does hire some local labor for construction, that's still all temporary jobs. It's not an ongoing source of employment for locals.
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Re:Missouri town fires half its city council over data cente... by dzhiurgis on Monday April 13, 2026 @06:45PM (#47758913)
They'll pay tons in taxes to energy company.
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