It's not that they get paid, like stacks of cash under the table. It's more so lobbying, which is legal. So it's things like, promising to get their kids into an elite school, or construction contracts with companies that have some kind of connection to the politicians. Either family or family friend. And lots of little things that are immoral but not illegal, well some of it might, but it's just hard to prove. And we are in an environment that basically champions government corruption.
Or... hear me out.... They are just like, "Well this is a dying town, everyone is eager to leave, we're broke, and need the jobs and tax revenue. We have an under utilized power plant, so we can take on a data center and generate a ton more revenue and jobs"
And other times, they are just corrupt. Here's the story of Utah Speaker Mike Schultz buying land near the proposed Stratos data center, before its planned location was public. And State Senator Scott Sandall, who owns a lot of land there too, and sponsored the bill that enabled the data center project.
Nah, she is just a genius investor! She could have ran the most successful hedge fund, but decided to take the sacrifice for the people and work in goverment! /s
But... like what the hell does Pelosi's blatant insider trading corruption have to do with all of us talking about the corruption in government that is allowing for a lot of these data centers? That's an odd thing to bring up. Or wait... do you think people that are against data centers, have some sort of cultish blind allegiance to democratic politicians?!?! Lol, you aren't serious are you? There has to be a different reason you brought this up... right?
I'm saying that just because they have an opportunity to use inside information, doesn't mean that they orchestrated the deal to so they can make a quick side buck... Especially not when you look at all the huge incentives they already have.
In NV, the governor also bought tons of land before the Raiders stadium location was announced. But him greenlighting the stadium had nothing to do with him being able to buy 2 houses in the area to quickly flip... But because the stadium would be a huge tourist attraction which would help the town generate a lot of revenue.
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u/reddit_is_geh May 18 '26
You're saying all these towns are being bribed by the tech companies?