• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Data centers have become a major economic development battleground for many states, even though they provide relatively few jobs and consume massive amounts of resources.

    Business welfare state!

  • Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Honestly kind of surprised they’d put a data center there. Isn’t Louisiana known for swamps and hurricanes?

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    5 days ago

    All that destruction to provide a couple of hundred jobs. These dumbass politicians think Meta is bringing in a factory, like the old days.