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Big Tech promised jobs. Cities gave millions. Where are the workers?

1 week ago | aol.com | Hannah Beckler |Rosemarie Ho |Ellen Thomas |Daniel Geiger

Columbus, Ohio, escaped the Rust Belt rut years ago. Regional economic development officials offered incentives that attracted warehouses, manufacturing plants, and healthcare startups, reviving the economy and generating jobs. By 2018, hundreds of these deals over the previous eight years had created some 150,000 jobs. Central Ohio now hopes to repeat that success. It's betting big on "Silicon Heartland," a high-tech innovation hub that proponents hope will be flush with high-paying jobs.
Big Tech promised jobs. Cities gave millions. Where are the workers?

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Hannah Beckler |Rosemarie Ho |Ellen Thomas |Daniel Geiger

Columbus, Ohio, escaped the Rust Belt rut years ago. Regional economic development officials offered incentives that attracted warehouses, manufacturing plants, and healthcare startups, reviving the economy and generating jobs. By 2018, hundreds of these deals over the previous eight years had created some 150,000 jobs. Central Ohio now hopes to repeat that success. It's betting big on "Silicon Heartland," a high-tech innovation hub that proponents hope will be flush with high-paying jobs.
AI runs on dirty power - and the public pays the price

1 week ago | aol.com | Hannah Beckler |Rosemarie Ho |Ellen Thomas

The data center boom is driving utilities to torpedo renewable energy goals and rely on fossil fuels, pushing data centers' expected air-pollution-related public health costs to between $5.7 billion and $9.2 billion annually, a Business Insider investigation found. As Big Tech bets on generative AI, electricity demand for data centers far outstrips what renewable power can currently provide.
Stargate: So viel wird das Rechenzentrum des KI-Projekts kosten

Jan 25, 2025 | businessinsider.de | Ellen Thomas

Präsident Donald Trump kündigte Anfang dieser Woche das 500 Milliarden US-Dollar (etwa 476 Millionen Euro) teure KI-Projekt Stargate an. Das erste Stargate-Rechenzentrum wird derzeit in Abilene, Texas, gebaut, sagte Oracle-CTO Larry Ellison. Öffentliche Unterlagen für ein Projekt in Abilene, das Ellisons Beschreibung entspricht, geben Aufschluss über die Kosten.
Stargate's first data center is underway in Texas. Public filings show how much it will cost to build.

Jan 24, 2025 | insider.com | Ellen Thomas

President Donald Trump announced the $500 billion AI project, Stargate, earlier this week. Stargate's first data center is under construction in Abilene, Texas, said Oracle CTO Larry Ellison. Public filings for an Abilene development matching Ellison's description shed some light on costs.
Canada is Google's latest antitrust legal challenger

Nov 28, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ellen Thomas

Canada's antitrust watchdog is suing Google. Canadian regulators say Google abused its position as the largest adtech provider in the country. It's the latest in a series of legal challenges brought against the tech giant. Canada's antitrust watchdog is suing Google over its anti-competitive conduct in its adtech business, the country's Competition Bureau said Thursday.
Winter storms could disrupt travel in the Northeast this Thanksgiving weekend

Nov 28, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ellen Thomas

Winter storms may disrupt Thanksgiving travel in the Northeast US this year. Heavy snowfall is forecast in New England and Great Lakes. Lake effect snow could bring up to five feet of snow in northern New York. Winter storms could disrupt Thanksgiving weekend plans for some of the record 80 million Americans who traveled more than 50 miles from home this year.
Winter storms could disrupt travel in the Northeast this Thanksgiving weekend

Nov 28, 2024 | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Ellen Thomas

Ellen Thomas28 November 2024 at 7:09 pm·1-min readWinter storms may disrupt Thanksgiving travel in the Northeast US this year. Heavy snowfall is forecast in New England and Great Lakes. Lake effect snow could bring up to five feet of snow in northern New York. Winter storms could disrupt Thanksgiving weekend plans for some of the record 80 million Americans who traveled more than 50 miles from home this year.
Salesforce to close Portland office, asks employees to relocate or take severance

Sep 26, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ellen Thomas

Salesforce is closing its office in Hillsboro, Oregon. Some staffers must relocate or take severance, while others will continue to work remotely. In July, Salesforce issued a RTO mandate for its corporate HQ in San Francisco. Salesforce will close its office in Hillsboro, Oregon, and is asking many of its employees based there to either relocate or accept a severance package.
Electric grids need upgrades thanks to data centers. Guess who helps pay for that.

Apr 17, 2024 | businessinsider.com | Daniel Geiger |Ellen Thomas

Real Estate Your browser does not support the video element. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Amazon is seeking an electricity discount in Ohio that could heap costs on other ratepayers. Surging data center development could require huge utility upgrades costing billions of dollars.