Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Metropolitan DC Local Politics
Reply to "Why should data center hubs, like NoVA, carry a disproportionate local burden for AI, a global service?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why should areas where crops are grown carry a disproportionate load of the farming when everyone everywhere eats food? [/quote] Farms presumably generate some local economic activity, whereas data centers are run by companies based elsewhere and require very little manpower while using finite high-value resources. I think OP asks a valid question.[/quote] Thank you. [/quote] There are WAYYYYY more people employed per-acre in a data center vs a farm. [/quote] Is that true? The estimates I'm seeing range from 20-100 people. [/quote] DP. Right... and a farm is going to be more like 1 employee per 500-1000 acres (for cropland) or 1 employee per 200-300 acres (for livestock). Data centers will be more like 5-10 employees per acre. That's far more.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
