Your community impact
A data center brings real jobs, tax money, and training to the town that hosts it. Here’s what that has looked like in real places, with a source for every number.
Jobs
1,500+
skilled trade workers are expected on site at the busiest point of building Meta’s Montgomery data center.
Once it’s finished, more than 100 people will work there full time.
Source: Montgomery Area Chamber, via Made in Alabama (2025)
1,700
local construction workers are on site for a typical data center build.[3]
After it opens, about 157 local people keep working there, at above-average pay.
74,000
jobs in Virginia are supported by the data center industry, according to the state’s own independent auditor.[26]
Money for schools, roads, and lower taxes
38%
of Loudoun County, Virginia’s budget is paid for by data center taxes.[24]
That let the county cut its home property tax rate every year for a decade.
$280M
is what Prince William County, Virginia, collected from data centers in 2024, up nearly 70% in one year.[25]
$26
in taxes comes back to Loudoun County for every $1 it spends serving data centers.[24]
No crowded classrooms, no rush-hour traffic, no strain on police and fire.
Starting October 1, 2026, Alabama law requires the biggest new data centers to pay the full extra cost of serving them.
That includes the cost of new power plants, fuel, and taxes. The state Public Service Commission reviews each contract so those costs aren’t passed on to the rest of us.
Source: Alabama Senate Bill 270 (2026), via WBRC and Tuscaloosa Thread
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