@daytondailynews: The state of Ohio and local governments have doled out billions in tax breaks to some of the world’s biggest companies to lure construction of massive data centers that have stoked controversy in local communities, a Dayton Daily News investigation found. Most area projects qualify for state tax breaks due to agreements made with Amazon, Google and Meta in the 2010s that allow those companies to build as many data centers as they can in Ohio without paying sales tax on their building materials — a deal the state can’t get out of for decades despite costing billions more than expected in foregone revenue. And local city and township officials piled on additional — often decades-long — property tax breaks, even as local residents voice opposition to the projects. @Journal-News
Mind you, local schools are looking at cutting art departments and other special classes. But an AI data center will get all the funding
2026-09-08 18:47:27
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user7925106263551 :
What I don’t understand is why these politicians and city councils want data centers so badly for? They produce no jobs, no income to tax, they gave away the property taxes in waivers, they bring zero economic activity to the region, and they cause major hikes to utility rates for citizens. There’s literally not a single good thing about a data center…. So why do they want them so badly?
2026-09-09 04:25:14
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David 🇪🇨 :
Meanwhile property taxes are going up. Tax the rich
2026-09-09 00:09:34
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Woodie :
If that’s the case, the state did NOT “dole out” money. Dole out means they handed them money eu, what you showed was that they set up tax incentives for their business to be in Ohio. That practice has been in place for decades by all state and city governments. The incentive raises the likelihood of investment in the state and job opportunities. Tell the truth. Speak plain and stop making crap up!
2026-09-09 01:26:26
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FireMedic1579 :
What taxes do they pay and what jobs do they bring? How about reporting all of it.
2026-09-09 17:06:45
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Mel~JoNaKaBr :
Ridiculous
2026-09-08 18:46:07
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Jeannette Christine :
Meanwhile, property taxes rise, families struggle to pay bills and eat and the city of Dayton couldn't wait to put up those money grab flock cameras that nearly blind folks at night. AND I watched one flash with no cars, no people, NOTHING around. Sure. Let those billionaires get tax breaks as long as the rest of us suffer. Okaaayyyyt
2026-09-09 03:20:56
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Beeohbaby :
Sickening
2026-09-08 22:07:23
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J :
Why are we charged tax with these companies?
2026-09-09 13:18:15
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AWM77 :
yet they are garnished my wages for few hundred bucks
2026-09-09 14:02:25
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RETMILVET :
2014. Try 2011. When was the first data center built in Ohio? 1966. Nothing new here.
2026-09-09 08:12:35
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user6153731720969 :
😡😡😡
2026-09-13 17:18:04
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