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Poll: States should pause or restrict data centers, not offer tax incentives
The poll found 36% favor pausing new data centers and 35% want restrictions, while only 18% support tax incentives, according to Center Square Voters' Voice.
- A new The Center Square Voters Voice Poll shows 36% of voters want to pause new data centers, while 35% favor restrictions on their impact rather than tax incentives.
- Hyper-Scale data centers and tax policy have become heavily debated ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, with 14 states currently exempting these facilities from personal property taxes on equipment.
- Virginia's Joint Legislative Council found data centers operate with one employee per 5,000 square feet, significantly lower than distribution centers, raising employment concerns.
- A Tax Foundation report noted 77.5% of a $1 billion data center's value goes toward equipment, while local governments use tax increment financing to cover infrastructure and services.
- National Taxpayers Union Senior Fellow Jared Walczak noted many states lacked ready-made tax categories for data centers, complicating efforts to balance economic investment with community resource demands.
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Poll: States should pause or restrict data centers, not offer tax incentives - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - States should pause approving new data centers or place restrictions on their impact rather than using tax incentives to attract those data centers, a majority of voters say according to a new poll. The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll found that [...]
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Poll: States should pause or restrict data centers, not offer tax incentives
(The Center Square) – States should pause approving new data centers or place restrictions on their impact rather than using tax incentives to attract those data centers, a majority of voters say according to a new poll.
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