[dilyevsky]

At least when i was at google, more than a decades ago at this point, hardware ops guys were locally sourced

[rkomorn]

When I was at (then) Facebook, this was mostly the case, but we also ran data centers with a hundred thousands of servers off a dozen local techs.

Facebook (and Google as well, IIRC) prided themselves on how few people they needed to run the datacenter.

Maybe I'm jaded but "we created 50 jobs" just doesn't hit that hard.

[dilyevsky]

I mean it’s a warehouse sized building, unless you’re doing a call center boiler room in there how many more jobs you’d expect?

[rkomorn]

Me? Not many, but I also happened to work in adjacent roles that had me more informed than the average engineer.

People whose communities are affected? I think it'd be reasonable for them to expect more for it to be worth it.

[dilyevsky]

What are they giving up? You get property tax revenue, permit revenue, some construction trickle down, and you do get a few dozen jobs and in return you give up some some grandstanding/political posturing opportunities. Seems like an easy deal to me, but hey that's just me.