Marketplace Tech · Wednesday, September 30, 2026
For years, data center developers have promised job creation, but a history of unfulfilled promises has led to widespread skepticism, especially from large hyperscale AI companies. This trust deficit means communities are wary of whether the benefits promised will actually materialize.
“Absolutely. And I mean, I think part of that again, I mean, data center developers have been promising that data centers will bring jobs to communities. That has been the main sort of argument in favor of them. Going back. I mean, data centers are not new, right? I mean, we've had data centers for a very long time. And the truth is, like a lot of them haven't really done that. And so, um, I think I can forgive people for being a little skeptical, um, that the, the promises that are now being made, especially by these big hyperscale AI companies, are, uh, you know, people don't really trust them. Don't really trust them that the benefits will actually work out.”