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Fat black lady stops $5B AI data center in her hood. $13.7M in tax revenue gone
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:24 am
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:24 am
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By pausing the $5 billion tech park project at the former Landover Mall site, Prince George's County stands to delay or miss out on significant immediate revenue during a major fiscal crunch.
Lost Tax Revenue
- Annual Revenue: The project was projected to generate $13.7 million in annual local tax revenue for the county.
- Long-Term Impact: Industry proponents argue that a standard $500 million project can yield around $66 million in property and personal taxes over 10 years. With a $5 billion scope, the long-term tax generation for this site would have been exponentially higher.
- The Budget Crunch: This delay hits the county as it grapples with a $200 million budget deficit following major local losses, including the closure of a local Six Flags and the departure of the Washington Commanders back to D.C.
Jobs & Broader Economic Impact
- Construction Phase: A typical large-scale data center facility supports between 4,800 and 5,200 short-term construction and engineering jobs over a 2-year build phase.
- Permanent Operations: Once built, a data center campus of this scale typically supports over 250 to 740 permanent, long-term jobs both directly on-site (technicians, security, engineers) and indirectly through utility and maintenance support.
Community organizers acknowledge that alternative proposals for the site—such as affordable housing or a sports complex—will generate substantially less immediate revenue and fewer high-paying temporary jobs. However, they argue the trade-off protects local electricity rates, water resources, and air quality.
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Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:25 am to stout
That is such a beautiful site. It should be preserved as is.
Maybe add some liquor stores, wig shops, and payday loan places.
Maybe add some liquor stores, wig shops, and payday loan places.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:26 am to stout
Data centers are boondoggles. Change my mind.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:29 am to the808bass
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Data centers are boondoggles.
We are probably overbuilding them but who cares as long as an area that is short $200M gets $14M per year from one
The same people who signed on to stop this will complain about underfunded social programs in their hood
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 8:29 am
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:29 am to stout
Put up a bunch of lit basketball courts.
That will solve everything.
There it is!
That will solve everything.
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such as affordable housing or a sports complex
There it is!
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 8:31 am
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:29 am to stout
Rasputia ain’t want that.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:31 am to stout
Could a skinny white boy do this in his own hood?
Can a queen tell us how to stop carbon capture too?
Can a queen tell us how to stop carbon capture too?
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:32 am to stout
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We are probably overbuilding them but who cares as long as an area that is short $200M gets $14M per year from one
Report back when the money starts rolling in to these municipalities from data centers.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:33 am to stout
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Fat black lady
China and the Federal government love this demographic!
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:36 am to the808bass
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Report back when the money starts rolling in to these municipalities from data centers.
It already is in areas where the data centers are built and operational
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• Quincy, Washington: Washington state offers strict sales tax exemptions on data center equipment, but local property taxes are paid in full. Because of this, operating data centers shoulder roughly 57% of Quincy's entire property tax base. In the broader Grant County region, data center operators (such as Microsoft, Sabey, and Vantage) contributed $55.6 million in property taxes. This massive influx of operating property tax value drove Quincy's local property tax levy rate down by 70%—dropping from $3.12 per $1,000 of value in 2006 to just $0.88 in 2025.
• Loudoun County, Virginia: While Virginia provides real estate tax breaks to attract developers, the county aggressively levies a "business personal property tax" on the massive volume of computer servers operating inside the buildings. Of the roughly $1.3 billion generated locally from data centers, $879 million comes strictly from property taxes on operating computer equipment, while $417.7 million comes from real property taxes on the data center buildings and land. This property tax revenue single-handedly funds nearly half of the county's local government and public school operations.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:36 am to the808bass
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Data centers are boondoggles. Change my mind.
China is about to invest over 300 billion dollars in data centers in their own country. You figure it out!
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:37 am to stout
Nice. Good for them.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:38 am to LSUROXS
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China is about to invest over 300 billion dollars in data centers in their own country. You figure it out!
This is a retarded argument.
Who’s doing the investment with what money funded by whom?
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:39 am to stout
not all heroes wear capes, except for that photo shop good for her, good to see these folks actually caring about their community.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:40 am to the808bass
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Who’s doing the investment with what money funded by whom?
Pay me to do some data analysis or get your arse on Google.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:41 am to stout
Send them to Bama.
Tubs says we'll take all the data centers we can get.
Tubs says we'll take all the data centers we can get.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:43 am to stout
The irony of the left is that they want all of these social programs but support policies that kill revenue that could make them possible AND simultaneously try to add to the base of people who will be eligible for those social programs, making them unsustainable long term (if they ever were to begin with).
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:45 am to stout
[/img]Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:45 am to 1999
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good to see these folks actually caring about their community.
Yeah, man.
A derelict lot that has been vacant for 24 years because no one wants to invest in her hood, and the state or county can't afford to invest there due to being broke, is much better than a tax-generating engine.
Very smart!
Posted on 11/10/26 at 8:46 am to the808bass
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Data centers are boondoggles. Change my mind
You're wrong
Change mine
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