Gov. DeWine freezes controversial data center tax break, for now After Monday, Ohio will not give any new data centers its major tax break for the foreseeable future The exemption from sales taxes on the materials contractors use to construct data centers has existed in Ohio’s Revised Code for years, although it’s drawn recent scrutiny over what it’s
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
Morning Briefing: New data center tax break paused ⏸️Tax break pause: Ohio Gov Mike DeWine announced the state was pausing any new data center tax exemption requests while the legislature studies them
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 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