DeWine pauses data center tax breaks as legislature reviews . . . DeWine hits pause on new data center tax breaks as legislature launches review DeWine paused new tax exemptions after Signal Ohio revealed the state underestimated costs by over $1 billion, as a bipartisan committee launches its review
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 The move Wednesday by Republican Gov Mike DeWine comes as tax breaks for energy-hungry AI data centers […]
Data centers getting tax breaks in Ohio has been paused - WTRF 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 legislature’s new Joint Data Center Study Committee DeWine said in a statement he fully supports the legislature’s efforts to study the economic and environmental impacts of data centers, but believes a
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