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What surplus? They basically only pay property taxes and for services they buy like electricity, like any other company does. But taxes for services they produc
by Hikikomori 4d ago
What surplus? They basically only pay property taxes and for services they buy like electricity, like any other company does. But taxes for services they produce go to Ireland. A local industry would have loads of employees and also pay much more taxes that benefits the community.
The community benefit is nowhere close and I'm not sure why you're trying to pretend it is.
- ETH_start 4d agoI'll try to find the analysis. It compared industries and showed the amount of taxes AI compute facilities pay (which is primarily in the form of property tax) relative to the cost of government services they use is the highest ratio of all industries. This surplus is why the county with the highest concentration of data centers, which is Loudoun County, has been able to reduce its property taxes year over year. The property taxes the AI facilities pay is what enables that.
- Hikikomori 3d agoSo you have no idea how different property taxes are in European countries compared to the US? At least your argument makes sense now that we know you're arguing from complete ignorance.