EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — As new data centers expand across the Borderland and nationwide, public concerns usually focus on the potential strain to local water and energy supplies.
However, a national watchdog organization is raising a different red flag — The government subsidies used to attract these massive tech projects could actually be draining much-needed funding from public schools.
“Every dollar that we subsidize a big tech company is $1 that we can’t put into public schools,” said Anthony Elmo, a public education defender with the Good Jobs First watchdogs…