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That data center started operation over a decade ago. There's no reason to assume it should have any vacancies currently, nor is there any reason to assume its
by evanelias 11mo ago
That data center started operation over a decade ago. There's no reason to assume it should have any vacancies currently, nor is there any reason to assume its positions were largely filled by non-locals. And even if a few external folks relocated in some cases, isn't that economically beneficial to the area regardless?
Also given the 24/7/365 nature of data center operation, the number of employees will be larger than the number of parking spots.
- AlotOfReading 11mo agoMeta says over 400 people work on-site at the Altoona facility [0], but most of those are clearly working for a variety of smaller contractors given that the initial tax terms anticipated a few dozen direct employees [edit: wrong state] and no datacenter companies show up in the county's 50 largest employers [1]. [0] https://corridorbusiness.com/data-centers-bringing-big-numbers-to-iowa/ https://corridorbusiness.com/data-centers-bringing-big-numbe... [1] https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dli/documents/cwia/products/top-50-emp-ind/blair_county_top_50.pdf https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dli/document...
- evanelias 11mo agoThe datacenter is in Altoona, Iowa. Your second link is about the county containing Altoona, Pennsylvania. Ditto for your population size number.
- AlotOfReading 11mo agoThanks, updated to reflect the correction.