The Woody Hunt Economic Development Test and the Meta Datacenter
The city’s own economic-development philosophy argues that El Paso needs the kind of investment that a hyperscale data center represents – private capital, a new industrial operation, an expansion of the taxbase and a connection to a global company operating in an industry far removed from the city’s traditional economic base. The META 380 Agreement…
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