“We studied 1,600 data centers ... and we find that they create non-construction jobs.” An Ohio economics professor says data centers generate an estimated 1,000–1,300 additional jobs within 3–5 years of opening. That's ON TOP of the jobs needed to build them.

"We want gubament jobs with make-work" - democrats

Love the jobs creation data! How to fix the anti AI / datacener issue: 1) Require datacenters to generate 125% of thie expected energy needs. They sell the excess to the local municipality or state for 10% below market rate. 2) Charge a datacenter water tax. 25% on all water used. They spend alot initially filling the plant, then it drops to almost nothing when they recycle water. 3) This is the BIG one. Require them to build a trade school in the same community of the data center. Require them to fund it for 10 years. Gives them a pipeline of skilled trades people to employ. How can any community or state say this is a bad thing? How can any datacenter say this is too expensive or unfair? A win for eveyone. Especially the US economy and the global AI race.

This is a no brainer. People keep talking about AI killing jobs. That’s technically correct, but it’s more restructuring the job landscape — bringing in a whole bunch of new jobs we could not have even imagined two years ago. Jobs aren’t going away, they’re just moving to different spaces. Those who don’t embrace change aren’t going to fare well. Also, low IQ folks may struggle.

Dems won’t like that. They want people on the dole.

Red states will happily take all the data centers blue states do not want.

What jobs? For how big a facility?

Yeah but the value they provide allows for better medical care, cheaper education and about a million other benefits. Universal high income comes in large part from data centers

Read the actual study. Even the authors call it “modest” job growth, with almost none in local shops or restaurants. Tax breaks cancel out the taxes these data centers are supposed to pay. A data center is mostly machines. Machines don’t eat lunch, get haircuts, or buy groceries

It would be important to know and understand what the 'non-construction' jobs were and if they're 100% dedicated to the data center project. A construction firm could be hired to perform data center work, and the Project managers and associates could be working on 15 other jobs.

They had to study it to reach that conclusion?

You don’t say

Yes! Data centers = more jobs for Americans!

@grok please verify this non-construction job creation post data center creation by listing locals this has occurred in USA and beyond

Of course. That's the maintenance phase of a data center. Someone has to maintain it and requires a cost. It isn't magic.

Interesting

Quincy Washington is proof!

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