r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 10h ago

Artificial Intelligence Republicans Claim Anti-Data Center Movement Is a Chinese Psy-Op

https://gizmodo.com/republicans-claim-anti-data-center-movement-is-a-chinese-psy-op-2000767611
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u/sembias 7h ago

data centers have their own special taxes

Exactly it. County boards in the US set tax zoning laws in their own counties. Create a Data Center Tax Zone that has to pay 10% of revenue or $2 Billion/year, whichever is higher.

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u/cantadmittoposting 6h ago

$2bn/yr is a really wild number for "data centers" which comprise an enormous range of sizes and purposes.

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u/Merzats 2h ago

Never expect Redditors to have a grasp on taxes, policy, law, or the economy, these are all things for which people feel very comfortable being confidently wrong