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0 pointsJumpCrisscross7mo ago0 comments

> should be a tenure element to power access

What does this mean?

> what is the argument in favor of longtime residents having to pay for that CapEx?

Jobs and tax base. These benefit the middle class more than the poor, hence my redistribution proposal.

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runako7mo ago

Data centers notoriously do not bring much in the way of either jobs or tax base.

Meta's planned gigawatt-scale DC in Louisiana is projected to create ~500 jobs. If energy prices for the state increase by only 20%, that does not feel like something the people of the region would obviously want to do if given the choice.

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