[znpy]

> A warehouse or factory would have more jobs,

It would add low value-added jobs though (unskilled labor). Datacenters add high value-added jobs (skilled labor).

Only looking at the headcount is shortsighted imho.

[oblio]

Aren't DC remotely managed for almost everything? How does a DC in Paris, Alabama benefit the locals if 99% of the well paid jobs for it are done in the Bay Area?

[eqvinox]

> Datacenters add high value-added jobs (skilled labor).

The highest skill job an AI datacenter adds locally is electrician or climate technician. And not many of those.