Elliot Road Tech Corridor shines spotlight on Mesa's tech hopes
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Infrastructure was made available and put in-place by massive millions of dollars in taxpayer-supported Government Bond obligations with annual debt service costs per capita [every resident] of close to $4,000.
Who's getting the return-on-investment ROI? No details in the write-up at all, but companies typically get all kind of "developer incentives" typically not subject to disclosure to the public
Any city's application/review/approval process takes time for a good reason: due diligence.
Questions need to get asked by the public. Not only the financial terms of deals made by all the government and public/private parties and contractors, but for overall concerns about power-generation and water-usage. Apple's $1.3 Billion global command center might be the magnet that sparked both residential, commercial - it's taken a pledge to use 100% renewable energy at its global command center. Data centers planning to locate along the Elliot Tech Corridor typically use enormous amounts of water daily.
That issue was addressed in article published in Forbes
Corporations Vow To Save Water That Will Help Save Energy And The Economy
"With the world population growing and the need for energy rising, water shortages are developing and threatening economic growth. What now? ...."Water is not just used to irrigate crops. It is also used to generate electricity and run industrial processes. Indeed, water and energy are inextricably linked as various segments of the economy compete for limited resources. Governments and businesses alike are now calling for concerted conservation efforts.
