Azhar urges data center backlash be turned into community benefit deals
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Azeem Azhar, writing in Exponential View, argues that voter pushback against data centers should win lasting community benefits rather than halt construction.
He cites a count of 43 of 44 local measures passing against data centers. He points to a DataVita deal in Lanarkshire, Scotland, paying up to $100,000 per megawatt per year, and says an Oracle package in New Mexico is far less generous. He estimates data centers create about 16 to 20 permanent jobs per billion dollars invested. These figures are Azhar's own estimates and comparisons, not independently verified.
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AIAzeem Azhar argues the voter pushback against data centers, which passed 43 of 44 local measures, should be turned into lasting community benefits rather than a reason to stop building. He compares a DataVita deal in Lanarkshire, Scotland, paying up to $100,000 per megawatt per year, with an Oracle New Mexico package he calls far less generous. He estimates data centers create about 16 to 20 permanent jobs per billion dollars invested.
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