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So many of the responses pointing out how bad this is for the local communities in Licking County (lol), but I feel like this has to be a case where the bezzle is collapsing more than a decision causing new harm, right? The bubble wasn't sustainable and those jobs were unlikely to manifest past the initial construction, especially since data centers aren't exactly labor-intensive to run.
That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt for those communities, especially in the midst of the economic ruin left in the wake of Hurricane Tarrif, but I feel like there's an important lesson being lost here.
it's also such a weird position for critique to take, imo; DCs don't really do much in the way of Local Job Generation, and I'd fucking bet that each of these locations also got selected because of favourable gladhanding credits (tax incentives, power incentives, etc)
I suppose "all the ${whatever business} that got bought out and flattened (for buildout space) is still gone" is maybe one harm, but again... these things don't get built on high streets