food and providing jobs to the local community. Google’s data center—like most data centers—did not provide many jobs beyond its initial construction. A job posting from 2024 for a mechanical technician, one of the few long-term positions available, was advertised on Google’s job board only in English; the posting stated that Google wouldn’t consider résumés submitted in any other language. The data center—as activists point out—did not provide much other benefit to the local community either. Nearby, public schools still lack good internet or devices for students to access
