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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

To land Meta’s massive $10 billion data center, Louisiana pulled out all the stops. Will it be worth it?

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To land Meta’s massive $10 billion data center, Louisiana pulled out all the stops. Will it be worth it?

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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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Meta is building the largest data center in the Western Hemisphere on a sprawling site in rural Northeastern Louisiana, and the state gave up a lot to get it.
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    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!

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    Louisiana has been doing this for decades. It’s the same old story of large corporations getting massive tax breaks while little guys gets screwed over.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTic9btP38

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      …and it’s turned them into the state with the highest standard of living in the US…right?

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    I knew a very large company that was offered a hundred million dollars if they would build their factory in Louisiana. They didn’t do it because the workforce could not support the factory. Not enough engineers and higher education workers, but plenty of line workers.

    Mets is going to take the money and run. They’ll meet minimum requirements then hollow it out.

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

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    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

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

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    It better be with all the education and Medicaid cuts.

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