@rohanpaul_ai: Some really nice numbers from Microsoft, of how a datacenter can become long-term civic infrastructure. Quincy's povert…

Some really nice numbers from Microsoft, of how a datacenter can become long-term civic infrastructure. Quincy's poverty rate fell from 29.4% to 13.1%, while resident property-tax rates declined and a larger tax base helped fund a hospital, city hall, library, high school, and public-safety facilities. - “We've sustained 1,200 construction jobs every year for 20 years by building new datacenters and refurbishing existing ones. We employ close to 700 people on our datacenter campuses in non-construction operational roles.” - “the new Quincy Valley Medical Center, with more than half of its bond funded by datacenter tax revenue” - “In a time when many rural towns across the country are shrinking, Quincy has grown more than 40 percent, outpacing Seattle. Poverty rates have been cut in half.”