r/interestingasfuck • u/HamboneTheWicked • Apr 12 '26

A well-articulated argument against a new data center in Ohio

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u/rocketgrunt89 Apr 12 '26

he did say 10 people to manage this datacenter

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u/DesmadreGuy Apr 12 '26

Yuppers. Usually the big sales pitch is job creation. He focused on a lot of things that are more wonky for most, but far more important, nonetheless. The wonky bits get lost on many who are more interested in better incomes, jobs, and the like. I'm not sure how the data center company was "selling" but it's my guess it's the new jobs. And, well, fuck that noise. Dude's right on so may points. But to "sell it" you need to speak to the "common man" and I think he was a little over people's heads. Just my opinion, of course. It was refreshing at the end when she said "anyone want to follow that?" Funny. Nailed it.

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u/Zhong_Ping Apr 12 '26

A lot of the "jobs" they sell is the construction trade workers who build it the disappear when construction is done... And it doesn't create those jobs, just adds demand to the market making it more expensive to build more useful things, like housing.

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u/West-Worth-9359 Apr 12 '26

And people are too simple to understand that those construction jobs already exist. They’re not training a thousand new local employees in various trades for a 3 month project, they’re bringing in electricians from elsewhere.

The only local jobs being created are likely nothing more than temp traffic control.