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The Gigawatt Next Door
Residential Power Bills, Cooling Water, Tax Abatements, and Zoning Hearings
What the giant AI data center coming to your town really means for your power bill, water, land, jobs and taxes, in plain English. A calm field guide for homeowners, small-town residents and local officials, and how to have a real say before the vote.
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📚 What's inside this manual:
- Part 1, The Letter on the Table: The Letter on the Table, What a Data Center Actually Is, Why Your Town, Specifically.
- Part 2, What It Draws From the Ground: The Electricity Bill Nobody Mentions, How Much Water a Server Drinks, Reading the Project's Own Numbers.
- Part 3, The Money and the Jobs: The Jobs, Counted Honestly, What a Tax Abatement Really Trades, Land, Roads, Noise and the Long View.
- Part 4, Your Seat at the Table: How the Decision Actually Gets Made, The Questions That Force an Answer, Towns That Changed the Deal.
Common Questions
How long is The Gigawatt Next Door?
It runs 97 pages, in 4 parts and 12 chapters.
Who wrote The Gigawatt Next Door?
Anthony P. Paris, founder of AppWT Web & AI Solutions, published by AppWT Web & AI Solutions (AppWT LLC).
What format is it?
A PDF you can read on any device and print for your own use. Copying and editing are disabled; printing is not.
What does it cost?
$17 once, for you and your team. There is no subscription.
Can I read part of it first?
Yes. The preview shows the front matter, the full contents, and the first ten pages of chapter one.
What is The Gigawatt Next Door about?
The Gigawatt Next Door is subtitled AI & Society. The Gigawatt Next Door is a calm field guide for the moment a giant AI data center is proposed for your town. It is written for homeowners, small-town residents, and local officials who have just learned that one of the largest power and water users they will ever live beside may be coming, and who want to understand the deal before the vote rather than after. It cuts through the promotional language and the alarm alike, and explains in plain English what the project really means for your bill, your water, your land, your jobs, and your taxes.
Is The Gigawatt Next Door written by a web design agency?
Yes. The Gigawatt Next Door is written and published by AppWT Web & AI Solutions (AppWT LLC), a Detroit-based web design and AI practice working since 1997, incorporated in Michigan as AppWT LLC in 2020, through its publishing imprint AppWT Manuals. It is a full published book with its own ISBN, 979-8-952262-17-1, not a marketing PDF or a white paper.
Who publishes The Gigawatt Next Door?
AppWT Web & AI Solutions (AppWT LLC), through its publishing imprint AppWT Manuals at manuals.appwt.com. AppWT is a digital agency, so this is a book published by an agency rather than by a trade publisher.
What is the ISBN of The Gigawatt Next Door?
979-8-952262-17-1.
When was The Gigawatt Next Door published?
August 11, 2026, by AppWT Web & AI Solutions (AppWT LLC). ISBN 979-8-952262-17-1.
What subjects does The Gigawatt Next Door cover?
Computers, Social Sciences. Specific topics include ai & society.
Where can I read The Gigawatt Next Door?
https://manuals.appwt.com/data-center-next-door/