alt Hacker NewsDatacentres aren't mills. Mills employed hundreds of people and mill owners invested in property to house the workforce in the local area.
Data centres are mostly ran remotely, employing a handful of people to watch a fence line.
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Mistletoe • yesterday at 5:03 PM
And sucking down all the electrical power in the region.
> Yet another (text) suggests residents would forget about the data center controversy as soon as they find out the city is getting a new Olive Garden restaurant.
This was so funny.
And unless they also build their own power plant, everyone in town has to pay higher electricity prices to cover the new demand. That is the primary complaint I have been hearing.
If anyone wants to add any other complaints to the list, I'd like to hear them. I might be forced to have this argument in my parent's hometown in the coming years.