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Rural Town Promises Every Household $10,000 if Data Center Is Built

Original: Every Household in This Rural Town Receives $10,000 if a Data Center Gets Built

A rural town is proposing to pay every household $10,000 if a planned data center is built there, according to the Wall Street Journal. The unusual community benefit arrangement highlights how small towns are negotiating direct payouts from tech infrastructure projects, as data centers expand into rural areas seeking land and power.

Why now: Data center expansion into rural communities and the question of who benefits is a timely and debated topic

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• Every Household in This Rural Town Receives $10,000 if a Data Center Gets Built · WSJ

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