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stetrain • today at 3:59 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Feels like the closest thing we will every see to big tech companies investing in local communities.

When the data center is built and the dump trucks leave, what is the ongoing benefit for that community?

What is the opportunity cost of building that datacenter compared to different kinds of development with similar land and resource use? It seems to me that datacenters have low ongoing employment requirements compared to those resources used, and that many of the benefits of running the datacenter aren't gained by the local community but rather by businesses located far away.


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parineum • today at 6:22 PM

> What is the opportunity cost of building that datacenter compared to different kinds of development

Is there another group that's lining up to build stuff on that land? Should nobody ever be allowed to build on any land unless it's being used to the maximum possible utility?