宾夕法尼亚州黑兹尔镇——6月份开始收到信件，来自一位大型开发商，他表示将给镇上每个家庭1万美元。他们可以随意支配这笔钱。“真的，随便你想怎么花，”开发商写道。
HAZLE TOWNSHIP, PA.—The letters started arriving in June, from a big developer who said he would give $10,000 to every family in town. They could spend it on anything. “Really whatever you want,” the developer wrote.
为了获得这笔钱，该镇只需允许NorthPoint Development建设其数据中心，这是该公司计划在波科诺山脚下1300英亩土地上建设的15栋建筑中的第一栋。随后，该镇4500户家庭每户将收到一张1万美元的支票。开发商写道，这将是一笔4500万美元的支出。
To get the money, the township just needed to let NorthPoint Development build its data center, the first of 15 buildings the firm planned on 1,300 acres in the Pocono foothills. Then, $10,000 checks would go out to each of the 4,500 households there. It would be a $45 million payout, the developer wrote.