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One of the very rare instances wherein there is NIMBYism that I can get behind.
There is plenty of land in Indiana where you can locate data centers. That said, no one has been able to explain how locating data centers in Indiana will lead to us being more economically competitive in the future. Indiana won’t land more high tech jobs or companies because they can be located closer to the data centers. That isn’t how “the cloud” works.
We will land those jobs if we have the highly educated workforce that comes up with great ideas.
IMO we should be investing our money in developing the next generations of programmers and technical individuals, not giving data centers giant property tax abatement.
Rare occasion when Joe and I find harmony.
Could someone please explain why these data centers always need to be on farmland? Why not place them on abandoned sites as the old Ford plant near Shadeland Ave? Or knock over the Washington Square Mall and place a data center there? These sites would be greatly improve visually and the utilities such as electricity and water are already in place.
+ 1. We should be preserving productive ag land and redeveloping abandoned brown field sites to get them back into the property tax base .
In our rush to land them for reasons that remain unclear to me, we have largely exempted data centers from paying any number of taxes. In addition to the property tax and IEDC tax credits, we’ve also exempted them from many sales taxes.
I don’t see how data centers are good for anyone but local utility companies.
They build data centers where land is cheaper and the cost of construction is lower. Farm fields fit the description.
Jaron is right – the data centers locate at the cheapest location. This is where the IEDC and locals need to get involved – to find the location that is best for the community not just the development even if it requires dedicating some tax dollars, such as TIF.
Insufficient electrical capacity as required by these places that consume GIGANTIC amounts = higher rates for homeowners. And lucky us – Indiana has throttled back green energy projects so we will have to burn more coal, oil, and natural gas to produce it. To say nothing of the enormous amounts of water needed.