The argument that "data centers bring billions to local economies" is pure hogwash.
The construction crews aren't even local.
And once the data centers are running, they steal the local water, they strain local power grids, they pollute the air, they generate noise pollution, heat pollution and water pollution, and they don't produce anything at all that the local community actually needs.
They just produce "compute" for corporations or governments, for the most part, that are building a total police state surveillance grid and AI autonomous weapon systems / killbots / terminators.
There is ZERO net benefit to local communities. In fact, data centers are "death centers" or, as I say, the land-based versions of Death Stars.
They should build data centers in orbit or deserts far from human populations.