This $2 Billion AI Data Center Creates Just 50 Jobs

A $2 billion Amazon data center is consuming 56 acres of Gilroy farmland and demanding nearly 100 megawatts of electrical capacity. The promised payoff? About 50 permanent jobs. White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett says data centers bring investment, jobs, and happy residents. But many Gilroy residents say they never got a vote and did not realize what was coming until construction had already begun. When a massive AI project strains local land, electricity, and water, shouldn’t the community have a say before the bulldozers arrive? This is This Week’s Worst from Fiercely Independent. Stay fair. Stay independent.