The top two US counties for data centers are also the two richest — is there a flywheel?
gregmushen · x · 2026-10-12
The #1 US county for data centers is Loudoun (the richest county), and #2 is Santa Clara (second-richest). gregmushen spins this into an "Industrial Loop" flywheel: industrial capacity attracts investment, prosperity finances more compute, which attracts more investment.
The cited author pushes back: the overlap isn't shocking — the correlation is only slight, so the causal flywheel narrative may be overcooked.
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