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1 week agoUS states can't account for datacenter tax breaks. Literally
Many US states violate GAAP by not disclosing revenue losses from datacenter tax subsidies, costing billions in lost revenue.
Amazon has sought a tax abatement that would see its datacenter exempt from paying property taxes for 30 years in exchange for the funding of local schools and infrastructure projects. The people up on city council are, for the most part, good people. They care about the community, [but] they have been taken advantage of by these companies.