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A billion-dollar Digital Foundry wants to build outside your town.

City leaders see tax revenue. Developers see opportunity. Residents have questions.

Who pays for new roads, water lines, and public services? Can local governments keep up? And should Wyoming’s Industrial Siting Council, created during the coal boom of the 1970s, play a larger role in reviewing the next generation of industrial development?

In Episode 2 of Silicon Prairie: Chasing the Tax Base, we follow the money behind the digital land rush and examine how communities can avoid repeating the mistakes of past booms.

When the promises start flying, it’s worth asking who benefits and who pays.

Listen now.