The old saying is that even a stopped clock is right twice a day. When Governor Josh Stein came out in favor of withdrawing tax breaks for data centers, that immediately came to mind.
These data centers tend to employ relatively few people. With the advent of AI, they consume huge amounts of electricity, necessitating additional power plant construction and driving up electricity rates for homeowners and other businesses. They facilitate jobs being taken away from Americans through use of AI.
The big tech companies are the equivalent of yesteryear’s robber barons, benefiting from enormous cash flows. They can pay their taxes, just like the rest of us.
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