We studied 1,584 data centers—and found the buildings full of machines are tied to modest local job growth

October 27, 2026 · 12:19 pm 2 sources

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• We studied 1,584 data centers – and found the buildings full of machines are tied to modest local job growth
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · October 27, 2026 12:19
  This employment boost took three to five years to show up, two researchers found after studying more than two decades of data.

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• We studied 1,584 data centers—and found the buildings full of machines are tied to modest local job growth
  Phys.org · October 27, 2026 23:40
  Data centers require enormous investments: land, buildings, computer equipment and power infrastructure. Yet, once they're up and running, they tend to employ no more than a few dozen people in occupations such as IT technicians, engineers and security guards. With billions of dollars flowing into…