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Loudoun was super wealthy before the data centers started springing up. It was where old VA money had their horse farms and wineries. What changed was a huge in
by kjellsbells 5y ago
Loudoun was super wealthy before the data centers started springing up. It was where old VA money had their horse farms and wineries. What changed was a huge influx of very well paid tech and natsec jobs after 9/11. And as you say, data centers breed data centers. But they do not require a lot of people. A few dozen people for thousands of servers. KC is not mopping up the 5000 employees from, say, the former Sprint's headquarters with one or two data centers.
- Amfy 5y agoYou're probably right on Loudon County being wealthy before the data center boom (I'm not local). However I am sure having these data centers there didn't hurt either.
- mrclark411 5y agoData centers actually are a huge bonus to the county's taxes. It's a huge (to the point of being a risk) portion of the County's revenue.
- mrclark411 5y agoI've lived here 20 years and never met anyone who works at a data center.