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Data centers are asking just too much for too little in return. I'm pausing the release of any new data center tax incentives in Illinois — and I'm calling on the General Assembly to act in veto session to make sure data centers are paying their fair share.

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🚨 FACT CHECK: JB Pritzker created the data center tax breaks in 2019. Illinois has 262 data centers. Fourth most in America. 27 data centers got over $983 million in taxpayer giveaways. The subsidies he's complaining about are still paying out. He's the Data Center King.

🚨 FACT CHECK: JB Pritzker created the data center tax breaks in 2019. Illinois has 262 data centers. Fourth most in America. 27 data centers got over $983 million in taxpayer giveaways. The subsidies he's complaining about are still paying out. He's the Data Center King.

Darren Bailey

21,749 views • 27 days ago

I'm gonna be banging this drum until people listen: The data centers are a REAL PROBLEM. FOR REPUBLICANS. They're loud. Use too much water. Cause pollution. Republicans, Independents, Democrats: ALL anti-data center And trump? PRO data center. Any questions?

I'm gonna be banging this drum until people listen: The data centers are a REAL PROBLEM. FOR REPUBLICANS. They're loud. Use too much water. Cause pollution. Republicans, Independents, Democrats: ALL anti-data center And trump? PRO data center. Any questions?

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44,790 views • 1 month ago

When it comes to data centers, Michigan should show the country how to do it right. That means: Data center companies, not Michigan families, pay for their own energy and grid upgrades – so rates don't go up. Data centers can't harm our water, air, or environment. Data centers pay their fair share in taxes to fund our schools, roads, and communities. Data centers are built with local union labor.

When it comes to data centers, Michigan should show the country how to do it right. That means: Data center companies, not Michigan families, pay for their own energy and grid upgrades – so rates don't go up. Data centers can't harm our water, air, or environment. Data centers pay their fair share in taxes to fund our schools, roads, and communities. Data centers are built with local union labor.

Mallory McMorrow

272,485 views • 7 months ago

A local utility company in Illinois has plans to help lower residents electrical bills They will be requiring new data centers and planned data centers to sign 10 year contracts saying they will be responsible for paying for upgrade costs and electricity usage costs “That means any new data centers would be on the hook for power upgrades and any energy they plan to use, even if the data center ends up not getting built or if they don't use as much power as planned or if they close. So if they use the power that they're applying for, then they'll pay their fair share of the cost of maintaining and building our grid through their rates”

A local utility company in Illinois has plans to help lower residents electrical bills They will be requiring new data centers and planned data centers to sign 10 year contracts saying they will be responsible for paying for upgrade costs and electricity usage costs “That means any new data centers would be on the hook for power upgrades and any energy they plan to use, even if the data center ends up not getting built or if they don't use as much power as planned or if they close. So if they use the power that they're applying for, then they'll pay their fair share of the cost of maintaining and building our grid through their rates”

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New Jersey residents are noticing construction crews surveying and replacing lines to upgrade power infrastructure for Data Centers Residents are paying for these upgrades These lines being updated are for a data center that’s not even close, it’s across the bridge 20 minutes away This is happening across Fairless Hills, Bristol, Middletown, and surrounding Bucks County spots due to multiple data center projects New Jersey already has 80+ data centers with more planned so these updates are happening everywhere Residents in these areas are already paying some of the power costs and grid upgrades related to data centers Welcome to corporate socialism. Money is taken from you to pay for the data centers infrastructure, but they won’t share any of the profits with you It’s called socialized losses and privatized profits

New Jersey residents are noticing construction crews surveying and replacing lines to upgrade power infrastructure for Data Centers Residents are paying for these upgrades These lines being updated are for a data center that’s not even close, it’s across the bridge 20 minutes away This is happening across Fairless Hills, Bristol, Middletown, and surrounding Bucks County spots due to multiple data center projects New Jersey already has 80+ data centers with more planned so these updates are happening everywhere Residents in these areas are already paying some of the power costs and grid upgrades related to data centers Welcome to corporate socialism. Money is taken from you to pay for the data centers infrastructure, but they won’t share any of the profits with you It’s called socialized losses and privatized profits

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59,239 views • 3 months ago

#NVPol: "Data centers are raising our costs, Joe Lombardo doesn't care ... now Joe Lombardo's taken millions of dollars from data centers ... when I'm governor, I'll put the brakes on tax giveaways to data centers." Aaron Ford is up with a new #NVGov ad.

#NVPol: "Data centers are raising our costs, Joe Lombardo doesn't care ... now Joe Lombardo's taken millions of dollars from data centers ... when I'm governor, I'll put the brakes on tax giveaways to data centers." Aaron Ford is up with a new #NVGov ad.

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29,502 views • 1 day ago

The fact that we are giving tax incentives to some of the wealthiest corporations in the world to build data centers is mind-boggling.

The fact that we are giving tax incentives to some of the wealthiest corporations in the world to build data centers is mind-boggling.

Dana Nessel

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🚨 JUST IN: JD Vance helps to clarify President Trump's stance on data centers, highlighting his desire for data centers to put power BACK into the grid "I think probably 99% of the backlash to data centers has come in areas where building a data center means higher utility and higher electricity for the people on the ground." "If you build a data center, you should be putting power back into the grid, not taking it out, and if that is happening, I don't think the data centers are that controversial."

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Nick Sortor

216,837 views • 4 days ago

Greg Abbott started the data center madness in Texas. He has the power to stop it TODAY. I'm calling on Abbott to sign an emergency executive order to declare a moratorium on new data centers until he calls the legislature until a special session.

Greg Abbott started the data center madness in Texas. He has the power to stop it TODAY. I'm calling on Abbott to sign an emergency executive order to declare a moratorium on new data centers until he calls the legislature until a special session.

Gina Hinojosa

19,126 views • 1 month ago

Today, I'm introducing the first-ever Data Center Bill of Rights. Communities deserve the right to reject data centers, protect their water, keep electricity bills down, and prevent states from shoving data centers down their throats.

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Rep. Ro Khanna

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Jon Husted gave out-of-control tax breaks to data centers and Ohioans are paying the price.

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12,867 views • 1 month ago

Many states in America are creating deals for Data Centers exempting them from all sales taxes - Servers - CPUs - Mechanical equipment - Electricity - Electrical outlets - ‘Supplies’ - and so much more So while you have to pay a sales tax, data centers are completely exempt 38 states gives tax exemptions like this to data centers

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U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown (D-OH) on data centers: "225 data centers are either being built or in the process of being built in Ohio. John Husted is the point man for those data centers."

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"Probably 99% of the backlash to data centers has come in areas where building a data center means higher utility and higher electricity for the people on the ground." Vice President JD Vance responds to the criticism against AI data centers in some communities.

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Governor Abigail Spanberger

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JB Pritzker has given over $1 billion in tax breaks to data centers, at one point making us the #2 state for data centers in the country (we're #4 now). All with no guardrails to protect local residents or regulate energy or water usage. So it's no surprise to see the room packed with opponents when a 3rd data center campus was being proposed in Hoffman Estates. Pritzker and Springfield failed to pause tax incentives for data centers and failed to put in place common sense regulations that ensure data centers pay all their energy costs, limit water usage, and contribute to a property tax relief fund for Illinoisans. Vote Independent in November and we will get it done.

JB Pritzker has given over $1 billion in tax breaks to data centers, at one point making us the #2 state for data centers in the country (we're #4 now). All with no guardrails to protect local residents or regulate energy or water usage. So it's no surprise to see the room packed with opponents when a 3rd data center campus was being proposed in Hoffman Estates. Pritzker and Springfield failed to pause tax incentives for data centers and failed to put in place common sense regulations that ensure data centers pay all their energy costs, limit water usage, and contribute to a property tax relief fund for Illinoisans. Vote Independent in November and we will get it done.

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ABC News investigated and found more than 3,000 data centers are already operating nationwide At least 1,000 more planned Residents near data centers are seeing much as 50%+ increases on their electric bills “ABC7 has also been covering public meetings over proposed data centers and there are questions about water use and the environment. The i-team in ABC News studied this private company's data center map and found that there are at least 4,302 data center projects across the U.S. Large and small. Of those, 3,038 are currently operational with another 1,203 either under construction or plan for construction. 61 have acquired land. In Illinois, there are 164 operating data centers with another 81 planned for construction. The largest state project plan is in Yorkville. It would be 2 gigawatts and according to the ABC7 data team would use the same energy that would power approximately 1.7 million homes more than every home in the city of Chicago.”

ABC News investigated and found more than 3,000 data centers are already operating nationwide At least 1,000 more planned Residents near data centers are seeing much as 50%+ increases on their electric bills “ABC7 has also been covering public meetings over proposed data centers and there are questions about water use and the environment. The i-team in ABC News studied this private company's data center map and found that there are at least 4,302 data center projects across the U.S. Large and small. Of those, 3,038 are currently operational with another 1,203 either under construction or plan for construction. 61 have acquired land. In Illinois, there are 164 operating data centers with another 81 planned for construction. The largest state project plan is in Yorkville. It would be 2 gigawatts and according to the ABC7 data team would use the same energy that would power approximately 1.7 million homes more than every home in the city of Chicago.”

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Nick Fuentes cooks people crying about data centers "It's like Occupy Wall Street, it's the latest shithead propaganda... 'Uh durr, data centers are BAD!' — 'I'm in favor of the current thing!'"

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