STATES’ TAX SUBSIDIES TO DATA CENTERS cost $3 billion annually and are “out of control” benefits for technology giants such as Amazon to Meta, a tax policy group said.
- At least 10 states annually forgo more than $100 million each from programs subsidizing data facilities, server farms, and cloud computing centers, Good Jobs First said in a report Thursday. Those states—Texas, Virginia, Illinois, Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, Minnesota, Washington, and Tennessee—collectively waived about $3.1 billion during the most recent year for reportable data, which varied.
- Currently 32 states offer tax incentives for the construction and operation of data centers. Most ...