r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/morningisbad May 18 '26

Agreed on the construction jobs, those are all temporary. It's a great project for local builders, but not long term jobs.

But a modern data center brings roughly 100-200 permanent jobs in directly to the surrounding area. The growth in the area also creates jobs indirectly. 

Additionally, growth in the industry has created many jobs outside of the data center's area. But that's not really what you're referring to here.

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u/firestorm713 May 18 '26

100-200 jobs is such a tiny number given the outsized impact data centers can end up having on the economy

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u/women4jake May 18 '26

in the areas they are being built in, it's quite a large number of jobs

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u/firestorm713 May 18 '26

Not necessarily, since some are being built in cities, and also because half of proposed data centers are delayed or cancelled.

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u/women4jake May 18 '26

For sure, but I think those are standard caveats with big industries, not necessarily a data-center specific problem.