Especially as states face tough times with looming cuts from the federal government, It's time to end data center subsidies. Shy of that, states must drastically reform and reduce data center subsidies. Read our report:

The lack of transparency surrounding data center subsidy recipients specifically reveals they receive special treatment. While some states publicly report which companies receive tax-based subsidies, such as income or investment tax credits, they fail to do that for data center subsidies 4-

In the few cases where limited data is available, it's clear the public pays an extremely high price for each permanent data center job: Illinois spends on average of $1.4 million per job; in Nevada; it was $2.1 million per job at Switch; Ohioans paid $1.4 million at Google 3-

These subsidies cost states billions of dollars, so this lack of transparency is shocking. Texas, which in FY '25 spent $1B subsidizing data centers, reports company names but nothing else. Virginia abates nearly $1B but does not disclose company names or their subsidy amounts 2-

Consuming our fresh water and the power grid so a few can be billionaires and pay no taxes using knowledge they stole. Do we even have any seals of the apocalypse left? Gonna check AI to see.

In 20 years, maybe they can turn the data centers into retirement living, like they did with indoor malls

How many jobs does a data center add to the economy once it’s open and running?

Joe and Bob.

also not sure if the . applies to the start of a Bluesky post or that's just a dumb X feature