Data center construction creates jobs, but operation of data centers is heavily automated, resulting in low jobs-per-capital-invested; energy infrastructure operation creates more employment both in construction and operation than the data centers themselves.
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Gregory C. AllenEvidence Quote
“the construction of the data centers creates a lot of jobs... but the operation of the data centers they're actually pretty heavily automated so like the sort of jobs per you know million dollars of capital investment um actually ends up being low”
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Week 1 of the Trump administration, AGI timelines, and DeepSeek— Center for Strategic & International StudiesCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:43:26 AM
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