But Lyn, the money!

Data centers would bring in soooo much money. And they want the money. So let’s talk about that. It’s unknown how much money data centers bring in after inking all their sweet deals, but for the sake of argument, let’s pretend it’s a lot, say $20,000,000 over “x” years. Pick a number, doesn’t matter.

The county says, “Oh, so exciting, now we can build a new jail.” Which by the way, they don’t need. Just freshen up the current one a little. No biggie. Last I checked, your residents committed a crime. Being locked up doesn’t need to be the Ritz Carlton. You have the money if you use it wiser.

Cities and towns will take whatever they can get and spend it on who knows what. Adding zeros to the ledger is intoxicating.

Schools love money because they like to pretend that

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