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That will absolutely decimate Oregon's job market when companies take all 20 data center jobs to another state.
DATACENTERS EMPLOY HUNDREDS OF WORKERS!!!
For a year or two, during construction. All contractors. After construction, what? Maybe a hundred people on-site?
Why will no one think of the poor, starving, trillion dollar companies? It's NOT FAIR that they have to pay the same amount as the POORS! /s
Dont forget that every last one of the construction workers will come from out of the area and are supporting families someplace else.
Not a hundred. We're talking a dozen on a busy day. Last time I was on-site I didn't see another soul for hours.
The "imaginary-never gonna happen-will use twice as much power as the state of Utah uses combined" Utah mega datacenter might, might have 100 people employed in it eventually.
Maybe.
Not even a hundred workers.
How dare you! The data centers in Prineville supports dozens of families! /s just don’t ask where the reservoir went…
Christ, Prineville
Please tell me you're joking. I'm sure you're not, but it's like slapping a Amazon Super Center in Drain.
The 2 years its under construction, sure.
Then it staffs them with like...20 people. Oh no.
At most.