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AverageOldGuy

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1. Jobs?

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:46 AM

16 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:32 AM - Edit history (1)

Yes, data centers create construction jobs but construction ends and so do the jobs. Jobs working in the data centers are very, very few and require degrees in managing computers, related equipment, and networks, including some programming.

Ask Prince William County, Virginia, which is quietly being covered with huge white cement buildings as big as aircraft hangars fed by enormous power lines.

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