Good Jobs First, Money Lost to the Cloud: average of about $1.95 million in incentives per job across 11 projects.

What this evidence bears on

• Supports: Data centers bring few permanent jobs for the public money they often receive. A Good Jobs First study found subsidies averaging about $1.95 million per permanent job across 11 large projects.

  • A reason for “Yes, cities should pause new large data centers until their costs are understood and covered.”