Comment on Data centers get tax breaks. Not you though.

• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  cleveland.com/…/ohios-biggest-data-centers-secure…

  Amazon, Meta and Google all signed agreements between 2014 and 2018 that granted them 100% sales tax exemptions for up to 40 years on any facility built in Ohio if the companies invested a certain amount in the state.

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  • K1nsey6@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    All equipment required to produce a final product, in this case data, are sales tax exempt in Ohio and most other states.

    Additionally, machinery and equipment used directly in manufacturing processes are exempt, as are specific warehouse and inventory supplies essential for operations

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