re: Meta AI Data Center in Richland Parish is BIG.

We’ve driven by and, yes, it’s crazy. They bought 30 Can Am Defender sidebysides to move around the property. It looks like they are building a restaurant across from it along with a dollar general maybe.

so....mailbox money [on] off

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I don’t see how the spend is justified with anything that we see today

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War is the answer.

I don’t see the negatives with these data centers, at least in the broken down, rural America, where at least I happen to live.

No, I certainly don’t want one in my back yard, but if one came into my run down, no hope for industry little county, where we’ve had a population decline for the last 40 years, I see it as a HUGE economical boost.
Maybe not in urban or suburban locations, I’m talking poor arse “black belt” Alabama county.

It would take a DECADE to build. Anyone who could rent or run a dozier, dump truck, skid deer, excavator could get on in some capacity. Most all of us can.
The local grocery stores, gas stations, hardware, sand, gravel, concrete, equipment rental, hotels, fast food, etc etc, and I could go on. Everyone would benefit in some shape or form, for an entire decade at least.

So what they only employ 30-50 when all is said and done. It’ll always need construction and upkeep throughout its life.
We jumped up and down when they announce a new Tire store was coming to town and it would employ 6-8 people.

The tax revenue alone they generate for the county would probably be 5x’s ( probably more) than what we bring in a month.

In a nutshell, you’re telling me the county could actually PAY the bills, PLUS greatly improve the infrastructure, have a surplus, WITHOUT actually bringing in a ton more people to clog up the roads and NOT have urban sprawl across the countryside?

It’s like getting an oil royalty check every month without having to do shite for it. Sign my counties arse up! PLEASE!!