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Maybe you should calibrate your definition of what "typical tech comp" means and what roles that applies to, and at what companies.

Median US Salary for a Data Center Technician is around 80k.

Median US Salary is $63,360.

Median household income is around $75,763 (Detroit CSA #s).

There's a lot of people out of work right now.

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How many people work in a modern data center?

Only as many as are needed to physically rack the hardware and do hand-on maintenance. The people actually using the servers shouldn’t be located on-site.

A giant datacenter of AI scale will have a dozen or so contractors for physical plant on-site pretty much every single day as long as the thing is in operation. More if a refresh project is ongoing, which after a few years will be more less all the time.

They certainly are not high density employers, but these huge hyperscale facilities typically employ 150-300 people directly, and probably at least that many on average in contracting roles. They are massive facilities.

How much will the local energy prices rise due to the datacenter? More than that offset by the employees they hire I bet.

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