Infrastructure For America

Infrastructure for America (IFA), a 501(c)(4), brings facts, evidence, and context to the data center conversation for policymakers, media, and communities.

[Infrastructure For America @Inf4America]

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Data centers 🤝 High paying jobs

Hourly maintenance and installation workers earn ~42% more than peers at other businesses, and project managers are pulling in around $115K.

Read more what it's like to work inside a data center⬇️

[Michael E. Webber @MichaelEWebber]

We have an opportunity to do data centers the right way and get the economic and security gains of doing so. Let’s not mess up this moment.

[Infrastructure For America @Inf4America]

60 Minutes got a lot wrong about data centers.

But on water use? 🎯

Read more: https://t.co/ly0Di1yp7t

[Innovation Council @innovationcncl]

🚨 Even 60 Minutes admits it: Data centers don’t use nearly as much water as critics would have you believe.

CBS News found that golf courses nationwide use more than twice as much water as data centers.

[⚡️David Blackmon⚡️ @EnergyAbsurdity]

Read this analysis by Infrastructure For America for a detailed analysis of last night's #datacenter hit piece by @60Minutes and @CBSNews : https://t.co/qwJFHZrhjQ

[Infrastructure For America @Inf4America]

What @60Minutes Got Wrong and Right About Data Centers
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Learn more: https://t.co/zJqj8nRSUx

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60 Minutes says "electricity bills have surged" in northern Virginia.

But electricity prices in Virginia are lower than the national average.

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@60Minutes put a lot of emphasis on people in communities who oppose data centers.

There are plenty of other voices who have welcomed them. To hear those, click here:

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[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

“We’re going to keep fighting against big tech AI, and we’ll prevail,” says Blake O’Quinn, a third-generation Texas rancher.

There are 10 data center proposals in the counties where he runs his cattle. He worries there won’t be land for his herd to graze or water for them to drink. https://t.co/xiWzBDXRo6

[Infrastructure For America @Inf4America]

Here's one they got right:

@60Minutes says "A CBS news analysis found golf courses nationwide use more than twice as much water as data centers."

[Infrastructure For America @Inf4America]

IFA will be watching 👀and separating fact from fiction.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

The right and left agree on almost nothing these days, except growing opposition to data centers. 60 Minutes’ @NorahODonnell travels to rural Texas to examine the AI data center boom and the tensions it’s creating. Tonight.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Panic about data centers “is leading communities to forgo massive amounts of tax revenue—largely because of threats that are inflated, confused, and sometimes nonexistent,” @AndyMasley argues. https://t.co/9EfqobH8kS

[Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics]

Homeowners in America’s data center capital would pay $5,800 MORE a year in property taxes without the booming industry, according to one tax expert.

As AI fuels a nationwide data center race, this county offers a surprising look at what the boom could mean for homeowners.

[Infrastructure For America @Inf4America]

An inconvenient truth for data center doomers.

“If you take all of the AI data centers put together, it’s only a fraction of the emissions from uncovered landfills in the world.” - @algore

[FT Energy @ftenergy]

Gore downplays AI threats and touts its climate potential https://t.co/prh4TpSdHv

[Infrastructure For America @Inf4America]

"Prysmian’s over $1 billion North Carolina expansion will more than double the company’s U.S. fiber-optic production capacity and create hundreds of jobs in the Charlotte region, driven by the AI data center infrastructure boom."

[The Charlotte Observer @theobserver]

Inside a Charlotte-area manufacturer’s $1B expansion to feed AI data center boom https://t.co/u1UX08iIax

[Infrastructure For America @Inf4America]

MYTH: Data centers are taking up too much of our farmland.
FACT: Data centers make up < 0.17% of the nation's total acreage (~4M acres), and very few are built on land previously used for agriculture.

More facts from @grgibert https://t.co/Ageuf9knpz

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Data centers are reshaping energy demand and the communities where they’re being built have real questions about what comes next. We at Infrastructure for America launched Centered Around You to go straight to the source. Hear from residents, workers, local leaders, and more.

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In states across the country, data centers = lower electricity prices

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[Joe Verruni @notjoeverruni]

We're finally seeing data centers leading to rates coming down, as predicted. We're also getting a better sense of what the tax offsets might look like in places like Kentucky, which don't yet have hyperscale data centers. Me, on the @bluegrasspolicy blog: https://t.co/aayH9BdIhP

[Infrastructure For America @Inf4America]

Data centers are creating a new jobs boom. Between 45-75% of every data center’s construction budget goes to electrical work – and demand is growing. In Frederick, MD, a single project could put 2,000+ IBEW electricians to work. Read more: https://t.co/SsfHHbOZDx