Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break
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On January 1, a new tax windfall will kick in that could benefit scores of rural data center projects—all thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Starting next year, projects sited in tracts of rural land across the country will be newly eligible for a set of specific corporate tax benefits under a program expanded by the bill. The new rules “may significantly lower barriers for large-scale, capital-intensive projects in rural areas—most notably hyperscale data centers,” said a statementfrom Ways and Means Committee chair Jason Smith last year. “The economic case for building data centers in designated rural...
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