They have definitely been wooed to denmark, labour and consumer electricity prices are some of the highest in the world.
https://facebook.com/OdenseDataCenter/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-denmark/apple-to-bu...
https://stateofgreen.com/en/partners/state-of-green/news/goo...
They also don't buy anything locally, except electricity at negotiated prices close to or below the costs of production. Maybe they lead to some earnings/profits to be at their location? Considering the issue discussed here, I doubt that.
You just wrote the plot to The New IT Crowd..
Eh, I've always seen them more as Kryten than Marvin.
due to taxes which companies don't pay, so that doesn't matter.
Look at the following graph (you need to expand it). Denmark has the lowest prices. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263262/industrial-sector...
Price of electricity in Denmark is less than 51% of the price in Ireland!
Having said that, EU law is supposed to prevent governments from propping up local industry.
Can anyone expand on which knobs an EU country is allowed to fiddle in order to attract these types of projects? I believe tax breaks and direct subsidies are not allowed.