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ThatChildNextDoor OP t1_iujeng0 wrote

>Henrico also landed a $144 million investment from QTS, a data center company that set up a network access point for three subsea telecommunications cables from Virginia Beach, which connect to data networks in Europe, South America and the United States. QTS announced in July it would expand its White Oak Technology Park data center by 1.5 million square feet, near Meta Platforms Inc.’s 970,000-square-foot data center.

I know that data centers take up a lot of energy, but do they actually offer a return of investment to the area?

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Vapid_Ingenue t1_iujgnth wrote

The one I'm working at has fed over 1000 families for the past few years. We recently hit 10,000,000 man hours

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Chickenmoons t1_iujoon5 wrote

How many employees?

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Vapid_Ingenue t1_iujpomt wrote

At full bore we've had around 1200 trades workers

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sleevieb t1_iuk5ca4 wrote

Like when they built it?

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Vapid_Ingenue t1_iuk5rwp wrote

Yes. It's still being built. Buildings 1, 2 and 3 are operational. Buildings 5 and 6 have not been completed. The ten million man hours are in reference to the construction of the complex

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sleevieb t1_iuk6m8c wrote

Briefly and then are eye sores, noise polluters, and provider employment for an absolute skeleton crew in most cases.

Better than a parking lot but worse than everything else.

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