[dorfsmay]

On top of 54 jobs there are additional tax on profit + all indirect benefits, more computer hardware maintenance, HVAC install and maintenance, etc...

[tssva]

Usually the big tax gain for the locality is property tax on the equipment located within the data center.

[patrickg_zill]

Not sure that all municipalities charge a tax on the servers. However they get taxes on power and utilities like water. Also a larger base of utilities means the capital costs are spread across more billing.

[tssva]

They may not all do so, but the largest data center concentrations in the US are in Loudoun County, VA and in the Dallas/Fort Worth areas. You will pay local tax on your equipment in both locations.