💸 Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise

｢ The facilities on average offer about 90 positions, and some have as few as 20. Former workers and local campaigners told Rest of World that most of the positions are in security and cleaning ｣

restofworld.org/2025/data-cent…

#ai #datacenters #bubble

Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data centers - Rest of World

Microsoft and Google claimed their Chile data centers would create thousands of jobs, but government filings show only a few hundred permanent roles.

^{Jane Seidel (Rest of World)}

Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers

'Power to the people' gets a new meaning 🤔

fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-ta…

#AI #datacenters #dydtopia #power #energy #technology #environment

Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers

Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.

^{Catherina Gioino (Fortune)}

"Nearly 50K people🚨in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, bc🚨it's redirecting that power to #DataCenters.

NV Energy *NV utility that's supplied most of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades,🚨says that next year it'll stop servicing homes in the area, & instead direct that #electricity to the growing demand from NV DCs.

No NV is one of the fastest-growing data-center corridors in the C.
-More Perfect Union

#AI #USPol
fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-ta…

Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers

Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.

^{Catherina Gioino (Fortune)}

Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers

fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-ta…

#datacenters

Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers

Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.

^{Catherina Gioino (Fortune)}