On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Paul Mansfield <paul+uk...@mansfield.co.uk> wrote: > On 11 November 2014 21:04, Martin Hannigan <hanni...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Data center is a much kinder approach to the local environment >> although data center industry at large has its own irrational critics. > > data centers don't really provide a huge amount of employment, but > hopefully there will be many associated companies springing up. >
Paul, Correct. The theory is that the IT jobs are higher paying and as you noted, have residual effects to the same. Verne published a paper to the EEA about this re: Iceland. Not sure where to look, but its out there e.g. economic impact of datacenters on iceland economy. For the tax basis, I suspect its net seeing that the smelter provides for more blue collar jobs at lower rates. Best, -M<
