Project concern
What the project is projected to add to the local tax base — and the caveats.
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.
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.