Minnesota town weighs $70M tax break for $2B Google data center as residents ask what's in return
proteinrosh · x · 2026-11-05
An X debate questions the case for median voters to support AI data centers: jobs are mostly temporary construction often done by non-locals, and tax breaks get negotiated away. Citing MPR News, Hermantown, MN is set to vote on a $70M tax abatement for Google's proposed up-to-$2B data center, while residents increasingly ask, per Brookings fellow Tony Pipa, 'if we provide these incentives, what do we get in return?'
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