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Tax incentives encouraged large data center construction in Texas, leading to unforeseen costs for the state.
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Updated Jul 28
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What happened
Tax incentives encouraged large data center construction in Texas, leading to unforeseen costs for the state.
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What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- A data center project has been proposed in Bastrop County, Texas.Sub-event
- The concentration of data centers in the state of Texas is a current development.Sub-event
Unforeseen scale of data center projects in Texas is costing the state billions.1 source
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Texas
state of the United States of America
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Coverage
Newest first; wire copies grouped- keranews.orgTexas lawmakers question whether multibillion-dollar data center tax break still benefits the state