data centres and the fine print

the bit that got me is that the benefits get spread around the region through tax and jobs while the costs, the power and water and noise, land on whoever lives closest. feels like the same story as every big promise that comes to a small place. modest but real gains, spread thin over years, and the folks down the road carry the heavy end #halifax #novascotia https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/data-centres-economic-benefits-9.7397675?cmp=rss