Let’s be real for a second: you could buy a small island with the kind of cash it takes to support just one data center job—around $13 million, to be exact.
In the great state of Virginia, environmental watchdog Food & Water Watch is waving a red flag, declaring that data centers are about as efficient as a sloth on a Sunday stroll. These data-hungry beasts consume a staggering 4.4% of the country’s electricity while only generating 0.01% of all U.S. jobs. Yes, you read that right.
So, why are we spending all this money for a flicker of employment? Food & Water Watch has taken to petitioning Congress to pull the plug on new data center construction like it’s the latest reality show elimination.
It’s a wild game: is the tech worth the toll on our environment, or are we simply feeding the insatiable crypto and cloud storage monster? Let’s dissect this digital dilemma before we blow the whole electric grid—one overpriced job at a time.
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