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“It’s a disgrace that the highest court in the nation is allowing Trump to stab a dagger into the heart of our democracy," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Communities have legitimate concerns about energy costs, water use, and environmental impact, and those concerns deserve evidence-based answers of their own. But the labor market dimension of this debate has been conducted largely without data, and our findings suggest several things policymakers should know:
Data centers do create local jobs, though fewer than industry advocates claim. Naive estimates that fail to account for preexisting growth trends overstate the effect.
Not all data centers are equal. The telecommunications ecosystem effects that distinguish data centers from warehouses are concentrated in hyperscale investment. Colocation facilities generate construction activity and modest operational employment.
Workers see little gain. Wages are unaffected by data center builds while home prices rise 2%-5%.
Incentives may be poorly targeted. Overall, state incentives are small relative to private investment. In hyperscale counties, incentives represent about 2% of total construction investment. Location decisions for these facilities are driven by power availability, land, and fiber infrastructure, not by tax breaks. In colocation counties, incentives represent a much larger share of total investment (62%), meaning subsidies may matter more for precisely the facilities that generate the smallest employment benefits. ... See MoreSee Less
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Communities have legitimate concerns about energy costs, water use, and environmental impact, and those concerns deserve evidence-based answers of their own. But the labor market dimension of this debate has been conducted largely without data, and our findings suggest several things policymakers should know:
Data centers do create local jobs, though fewer than industry advocates claim. Naive estimates that fail to account for preexisting growth trends overstate the effect.
Not all data centers are equal. The telecommunications ecosystem effects that distinguish data centers from warehouses are concentrated in hyperscale investment. Colocation facilities generate construction activity and modest operational employment.
Workers see little gain. Wages are unaffected by data center builds while home prices rise 2%-5%.
Incentives may be poorly targeted. Overall, state incentives are small relative to private investment. In hyperscale counties, incentives represent about 2% of total construction investment. Location decisions for these facilities are driven by power availability, land, and fiber infrastructure, not by tax breaks. In colocation counties, incentives represent a much larger share of total investment (62%), meaning subsidies may matter more for precisely the facilities that generate the smallest employment benefits. ... See MoreSee Less
New evidence on data center employment effects | Brookings
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Debates over data center development are missing crucial jobs data. Dany Bahar and Greg Wright share new research on employment effects.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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