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- 1Rural Town Promises Every Household $10,000 if Data Center Gets Built●Every Household in This Rural Town Receives $10,000 if a Data Center Gets Built
A small rural town is considering a deal in which every household would receive $10,000 if a proposed data center is built there, according to the Wall Street Journal. The arrangement highlights how communities are negotiating direct payouts from tech companies eager to build large-scale computing infrastructure, turning residents into stakeholders in an increasingly common land-use debate.