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Scientific Paper
Serving the Servers: Do Data Centers Create Local Employment?
Ernesto Aldana; Simon Büchler; Alexander Carlo; Lyndsey Rolheiser; Albert Saiz; Carles Vergara-Alert · 2026-09-16
What it covers
Using data on 1,584 U.S. data centers, the authors find that non-construction employment rises after a lag, concentrated in transportation, warehousing and professional services rather than retail or restaurants.
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Ernesto Aldana; Simon Büchler; Alexander Carlo; Lyndsey Rolheiser; Albert Saiz; Carles Vergara-Alert. 2026-09-16. Serving the Servers: Do Data Centers Create Local Employment?. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7467778 (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record atlas-3dbf3894637e; collection snapshot 2026-10-04).
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- Ernesto Aldana; Simon Büchler; Alexander Carlo; Lyndsey Rolheiser; Albert Saiz; Carles Vergara-Alert
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- MIT Center for Real Estate Research Paper Forthcoming; SSRN preprint
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- 2026-09-16
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- AI & Social/Economic Impacts
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- Data Center Employment
- journal
- MIT Center for Real Estate Research Paper Forthcoming; SSRN preprint
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- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7467778
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Scientific Paper · 2026-10-15
A scalar mismatch: the IETF’s sustainability approaches in a framework of infinite growth and abundance
Fieke Jansen analyzes 26 position papers from an internet sustainability workshop, arguing that technical efficiency approaches can obscure wider resource limits and the politics of infrastructure growth.
Shared topics: Governance and society; Built environment and infrastructure
Scientific Paper · 2026-09-15
A Strategic Roadmap for Sustainable Data Center Deployment
This article proposes a five-step state policy roadmap for data center development: conduct environmental and community impact studies, use the findings in siting decisions, reassess incentives, require large facilities to pair with off-grid clean energy and storage, and mandate community-benefit sharing. It focuses on protecting grid reliability, electricity affordability, environmental integrity, and host communities.