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> employment opportunities the 5-7 people they employ during normal operation. High skilled engineers get flown in for setup and major changes/operations. The
by lykr0n 3mo ago
> employment opportunities
the 5-7 people they employ during normal operation. High skilled engineers get flown in for setup and major changes/operations.
They add little local economic value.
- energy123 3mo agoWhy does Malaysia give tax breaks to data centers?
- piva00 3mo agoDefinitely not because of long-term employment, even very large DCs only employ about a hundred staff on-site.
- nfw2 3mo agoA hundred is a lot bigger than five
- piva00 3mo agoStill very few for deserving a tax break based on potential employment opportunities. A DC simply doesn't help the local economy, it's very often a net-negative: it's very resource-intensive while not generating much in terms of economical activity for where it sits at. In a sense it's purely extractivist consuming land, water, and energy without benefits to the community.
- nfw2 3mo agoThey consume land? Where does the land go?
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- nfw2 3mo agoThey can be taxed. There should be a point where the price is right for the community hosting.
- danaris 3mo agoThe vast majority of tax revenue is calculated where the headquarters are located, not where the datacenter is located. I've seen multiple stories already talking about how these installations are almost universally net-negative for the locales they're built in.
- nfw2 3mo agoIf this is the case why would local officials permit them?
- joquarky 3mo agoWhy do members of congress end up with more wealth than their salary could justify?
- energy123 3mo agoSo who is bribing Malaysian officials to give tax breaks to foreign DCs? Be specific.
- stkdump 3mo agoObviously nobody is incentivized to do that. Nothing to see here.
- nfw2 3mo agoI would say a combination of already being rich, being old, and insider trading. Congress can't actually take personal funds from lobbyists legally. Maybe if someone is in Congress, they can skirt the law around lobbyist gifts due to your position of power, but 1. it doesn't sound very plausible that someone becomes a multimillionaire by squirreling away illegal gifts or campaign funds and 2. to become I doubt small town city councils making these decisions are in a similar place. Most of reality is boring and not like the movies.