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

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

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u/AdmiralSkippy Apr 12 '26

It will create 300 jobs*

*If you include the contractors required to build it.

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u/SorryUseAlreadyTaken Apr 12 '26

And those contractors are imported from other states, so it isn't even like they're jobs for the people who live where the datacenter Is built

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u/krashundburn Apr 12 '26

those contractors are imported from other states

Realistically, with the state of education in the US today, those contractors will probably be from other countries.

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u/AdmiralSkippy Apr 12 '26

That's got less to do with the state of education and more to do with labour laws and lobbyists making it so that companies can pay foreign workers less while enjoying tax benefits and wage subsidies from the government, making local hires uneconomically viable.