Emily Crawford, the Abilene City Manager, answers 20 Rapid Fire Questions and then gets down into the nitty gritty. If you've wanted to know the
-projected growth of Abilene over the next ten years,
-how many temporary workers and permanent workers the data center is projected to employ,
-how much water the data center uses on the daily, monthly, and annually (hint: it may blow your mind, in a good way),
-how the City is looking at using the $21 million in 'surplus' sales tax it received this year,
-how it receives potentially $50 million over the next two years and then $4 million annually for the next 8 years.
This is one of my favorite episodes because she doesn't dodge any question, she answers with facts and in ways easily understood.
This is a must listen for Abilene residents, for Big Country residents, and really for anyone that is interested in hearing how a data center impacts a community.