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What $10 billion in data centers actually gets you

Category: Business
Duration: 00:09:00
Publish Date: 2025-04-02 07:00:59
Description: Billions of tech dollars flowing into a community to build data centers should transform a local economy ... right? Well, maybe not.

On today's episode: Why data centers create few permanent jobs. And why communities might want them anyway.

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