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small towns that choose data centers for tax revenue are shooting themselves in the foot down the road. Relying so much on one (polluting and water sucking) source for taxes and funding projects is always a bad idea.

Well suppose I did and actually live nearby the largest AI center in the country, that on its own makes up for 3% of national electricity consumption. Just 450 jobs at the cost of dramatic environmental impact, from a swath of wind turbines, power lines cutting through historic landscapes and so on.