# We studied 1,500-plus data centers over 23 years and found they created almost no new jobs in local stores or restaurants — it was somewhere else

- Source: Fortune | FORTUNE
- Published: 2026-10-30T11:57:12+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/10/30/data-centers-local-jobs-study/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/we-studied-1-500-plus-data-centers-over-23-years-and-found-they-create-922c6f/

Data centers themselves directly create a few dozen jobs each, then about 1,000 in the local economy after a delay of several years.

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