Taxes

What people typically worry about

Data centers can expand a county's tax base, but they also frequently seek incentives or abatements. Residents want to know the real net revenue to the county and schools, not just a headline figure.

Combined figures are derived from separate applicant projections for the data center, solar and gas components. They are not realized employment or tax receipts.

What the public record says

The developer's filings project roughly $74.7 million per year in property-tax revenue from the data center, plus about $4.2 million from the solar plant and $7 million from the natural-gas plant — on the order of $85.9 million per year combined. Two honest caveats belong alongside that number: these are applicant projections rather than an independent county tax valuation, and the filings note that depreciation and any payment-in-lieu-of-tax arrangements would affect the real figure over time. The projection traces to the project filings; whether any state or local abatements are part of the final deal is not settled in the public record.

Where this comes from

• Nine Mile Data — Findings Report
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