Energy and climateFinding
Alabama should stop giving tax abatements to new data centers.
Alabama law lets state and local officials grant data centers long-term abatements of property and sales taxes to attract investment. Ending them would require new data centers to pay those taxes in full.
Doug Jones
no tax breaks to benefit the corrupt and the wealthy, and no new construction of data centers in Alabama until we have had the time to ensure our communities are protected
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