Ohio suspends data center tax break as tech firms face pressure to pay . . . Ohio, one of the nation’s data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and train artificial intelligence chatbots
Data Center Tax Breaks: What You Need to Know Article Summary Gov Mike DeWine ordered a temporary pause on new data center tax breaks in Ohio while lawmakers review the industry’s economic and infrastructure impact The decision followed reports showing the tax exemption program cost the state approximately $1 6 billion in 2025, far above earlier projections
Gov. DeWine freezes controversial data center tax break, for now The 100% exemption from sales taxes on the materials contractors use to construct data centers has existed in Ohio’s Revised Code for years It’s drawn recent scrutiny over what it’s costing the state Newly released data, according to Signal Ohio, showed Ohio underestimated the 2025 cost of the tax break by more than $1 4 billion
DeWine directs state to pause tax-break requests for data centers The Ohio Tax Credit Authority “will stop accepting new data center tax exemption proposals” following its scheduled meeting on Monday as a state General Assembly committee studies the growth of data centers
Ohio pauses tax breaks for data centers - WOWK 13 News COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio Gov Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that he will pause the state sales tax exemptions for data centers, just hours after the first meeting of the state legislatu…