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by energy123 28 days ago
Why does Malaysia give tax breaks to data centers?
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Definitely not because of long-term employment, even very large DCs only employ about a hundred staff on-site.
A hundred is a lot bigger than five
Still very few for deserving a tax break based on potential employment opportunities. A DC simply doesn't help the local economy, it's very often a net-negative: it's very resource-intensive while not generating much in terms of economical activity for where it sits at.

In a sense it's purely extractivist consuming land, water, and energy without benefits to the community.

They consume land? Where does the land go?