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Brief google search shows that most Meta DC's give around ~15M per year taxes on average per year. I'm not sure what circuitous route you are speaking about. h

Brief google search shows that most Meta DC's give around ~15M per year taxes on average per year. I'm not sure what circuitous route you are speaking about. https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-12-02/dekalb-park-district-missed-out-on-thousands-of-tax-dollars-from-meta-data-center https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-12-02/dek... https://ipmnewsroom.org/how-do-data-centers-benefit-the-places-where-theyre-built-local-mayors-give-mixed-reviews https://ipmnewsroom.org/how-do-data-centers-benefit-the-plac...

measurablefunc 4mo ago
Meta is an unnecessary middleman, all those payments could be handled w/o them & their advertising network. Also, from your own link > META received a 55 percent tax break as part of the Enterprise Zone Tax abatement program, which is a state initiative
- simianwords 4mo ago
  This doesn't make any sense. You asked this > How do I, as an ordinary person, benefit from Meta's data centres? And I gave the answer. How do you think you can eliminate the middleman? > Enterprise Zone Tax abatement program The amount I showed was after accounting for the Tax abatement program. And its almost as if there's a reason the state wants to have this program in the first place. Almost as if it helps broader society.
  - measurablefunc 4mo ago
    My city has bonds for all sorts of projects & it is financed by the people & federal grants. No corporations are involved in the process. It's not complicated: https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/effective-funding-frameworks-water-infrastructure https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/effective-funding-fra...
    - simianwords 4mo ago
      You asked how data centres help you personally, I answered that it was taxes. Your response is that - no you don't need the money, you can get it elsewhere. This is a kind of senseless argument, I'll let you decide whether that's the case.
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measurablefunc 4mo ago

Meta is an unnecessary middleman, all those payments could be handled w/o them & their advertising network. Also, from your own link > META received a 55 percent tax break as part of the Enterprise Zone Tax abatement program, which is a state initiative

simianwords 4mo ago
This doesn't make any sense. You asked this > How do I, as an ordinary person, benefit from Meta's data centres? And I gave the answer. How do you think you can eliminate the middleman? > Enterprise Zone Tax abatement program The amount I showed was after accounting for the Tax abatement program. And its almost as if there's a reason the state wants to have this program in the first place. Almost as if it helps broader society.
- measurablefunc 4mo ago
  My city has bonds for all sorts of projects & it is financed by the people & federal grants. No corporations are involved in the process. It's not complicated: https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/effective-funding-frameworks-water-infrastructure https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/effective-funding-fra...
  - simianwords 4mo ago
    You asked how data centres help you personally, I answered that it was taxes. Your response is that - no you don't need the money, you can get it elsewhere. This is a kind of senseless argument, I'll let you decide whether that's the case.

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