Idaho Rep. John Gannon: Data Center Costs Should Guarantee Public Benefits
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Data center costs should guarantee public benefits » Sandpoint Reader
By Rep. John GannonReader Contributor Idaho’s sales and property tax giveaways to Big Data centers — combined with their possible impact on utility costs — may become the largest subsidy since the 19th-century railroads. Today, data centers investing at least $250 million receive never-ending sales tax exemptions on construction materials and server equipment — even though they are projected to create fewer than 100 permanent jobs. That may mean…
The expansion of data centers in Brazil requires planning, transparency and rules that guarantee benefits to the country and reduce socio-environmental impacts. This assessment was made by researchers in a debate held this Monday (27), in Niterói, in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, as part of the program of the 78th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC). Professors Mauro Oliveira, from the Federal …
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