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NY lawmaker wants to cap or ban tax breaks for data centers
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (1253+ words) A rendering of the proposed Stream data center. A proposed $1. 46 billion subsidy package for a Genesee County data center campus is so enormous that some state lawmakers are pushing a bill to make it illegal for public agencies to make…...
Downstate IDA awards $77 million in tax breaks for one job.
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (505+ words) The IDA in Genesee County loves handing out big subsidy packages. There was the $4 million per job granted to Plug Power and 68 jobs to locate at its STAMP industrial park. (The project never got off the ground.) Of late, it's…...
Tough times for young adults in the job market
3+ week, 2+ day ago (658+ words) I've long thought it's tough growing up as a kid these days, what with social media and the world around them generally going to hell. It's not great being a young adult looking for work, either. Reports The New York…...
Gov. Hochul noncommittal on massive WNY data center, subsidies
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1694+ words) The proposal to build a mammoth, taxpayer-subsidized data center in rural Genesee County has elicited strident opposition from surrounding communities " and unwavering support from county officials. Critics of the data center say now is the time for Gov. Kathy Hochul…...
Tax breaks for Genesee County data center among highest ever
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1562+ words) A rendering of Stream's proposed data center at STAMP. In the race to build data centers for the AI boom, subsidies from state and local governments have become common " and expensive. But few have proposed subsidies as generous as those…...
How the government can track your movements
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (918+ words) This is how Big Brother is operating these days. "The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us," reports the Electronic Frontier Foundation." For years, the internet advertising industry…...
Trump administration officials have ties to industries they regulate
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1602+ words) Ben Hickey for Pro Publica. Thousands of companies are jockeying for billions of dollars in Defense Department contracts to build a shield designed to intercept and destroy missiles launched against the United States. But amid the intense competition, a handful…...
U. S. stepping up surveillance at border with facial recognition
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1093+ words) The Department of Homeland Security quietly announced this week plans to step up the surveillance of travelers entering and leaving the United States by foot, car, airplane or boat. Plans include implementing a facial recognition system in the coming months…...