Bannock County Republican Party

This is an important conversation that needs to be had. Data centers are resource intensive, even with closed loop systems. They require few jobs to maintain them, and will be built largely by out-of-town labor. Currently, the Artificial Intelligence that many of these support is replacing 6,000 American jobs a month and driving conversations of Universal Basic Income. The benefit to Bannock County is higher tax revenue per square foot. Residents must determine if the juice is worth the squeeze.

Another large Idaho data center proposed, valued at $2 billion+ - BoiseDev An abandoned industrial plant in Idaho could be turned into a $2.6 billion data center, if a proposal is approved. East Idaho News and KIFI-TV report that the City of Pocatello will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 14, to convert the former Hoku Materials polycilicon plant into an AI data cent...