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I am amazed that it appears that Meta did not ask for tax breaks for a $10B project. Seems like they absolutely could have 'bid' this out among competing locales.
They didn't have to ask for special new breaks; the breaks were already passed:
https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/news/meta-selects-north...
There is a big matrix of risk/reward for any DC location.
You bet Meta asked for incentives, but sometimes a guarantee of future power capacity, fast permitting, or ideal locations are worth more than the incentives the state could afford.
Sure, but you don't have to build your DC at the place that has the cheapest bid.
You just need to make them think you might not build somewhere else unless they sweeten the deal.
Hopefully this just means that governments have wisened up to the fact that a gazillion DCs are going to be built so if you pass on Meta you can just pickup Google's.