Digital Realty is offering households in De Soto, Kansas, financial incentives to build support for a planned data center facility. Multiple outlets report that the company’s community program includes an annual payment of $1,000 to qualifying residents and other local credits tied to utilities and property taxes.
The proposal is described as part of ongoing discussions between the developer and the city to finalize details of the project, which is reported as a $20 million data center plan. CBS highlights the incentive structure in terms of utility and property tax credits for residents. Quartz and Bloomberg focus more on the direct annual payments to households as a way to address community concerns and push the plan toward approval.
