There is the problem that people may donate to the local chapter (everything but DB servers) *rather than* the Wikimedia Foundation in Florida (DB servers). One would want to make sure that a country's donations going to the chapter rather than the WMF would not leave a hole in the budget.
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Well, there are many people who would donate to a local chapter but not to some distant Foundation in Florida, so I would imagine this would bring more money, not less. And can't the chapters themselves donate to the Foundation if it is short on money?