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> The "jobs" justification for these is a joke: datacenters create a couple dozen mediocre jobs in the area, and hundreds of well-paid ones way off in Silicon V
by danans 1y ago
> The "jobs" justification for these is a joke: datacenters create a couple dozen mediocre jobs in the area, and hundreds of well-paid ones way off in Silicon Valley. California reaps the rewards of you wrecking your own revenue base.
Silicon Valley != California
Wall Street and its associated global oligarchy reap the rewards, not the average Californian, who pays the costs via higher climate change risks, insurance costs, and energy costs.
- somanyphotons 1y agoIts the thin strip of real estate owners along the San Francisco to San Jose corridor who reap all the rewards
- danans 1y ago> Its the thin strip of real estate owners along the San Francisco to San Jose corridor who reap all the rewards They reap a lot, but hardly all the rewards. Per capita the majority goes to VCs and the C-suite, and their wall street comrades.