We need to rethink our government’s data center policy

Along with our advocacy for a public utility, we are also pushing for a more sustainably run data center industry.  We want greater offsets for developments, stricter noise enforcement, higher taxes on data centers, and for the industry to pay for their own power. Under the current investor owned utility model, we are paying the price for the data center’s immense power usage. That needs to change.

By passing rate increases on to data centers and increasing the taxes they pay, we can stop the county from being overrun by data centers and increase resident’s quality of life. We need an end to corporate tax subsidies and to build an economy that works for everyone. It is also essential to hold politicians that take money from data centers and private utilities accountable. Our politicians should be serving us, not corporate interest.