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Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by retwakm4 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:51PM (#50474085)
It is actually terrible at job creation. Data centers don't create many jobs at all, and you could argue through second and third order effects that they are job destroyers.

Data centers simply don't require very many people to operate.

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Re:Data centers need power – lower income, rural residents p... by MaxHoppersGhost on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:30PM (#50474584)
Job destroyers where? Maybe in the glass towers of NYC and SF and elsewhere. Creating even a few dozen jobs in rural communities is a massive improvement and boost to the local economy.
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