# Data Center Tax Breaks Promised ‘No Significant Fiscal Impact’: States Are Losing Billions

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/data-center-tax-breaks-promised-no-significant-fiscal-impact-states-are-losing-billions/
- Published: 2026-08-04T09:00:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo credit: Mathis Römer via Flickr. Public Domain. Article by Joshua Mitchell. Tech Times – August 3, 2026. When Texas lawmakers created a sales tax exemption for qualifying data centers in 2013, their budget office gave it a formal review and produced a fiscal note with a specific cost estimate: no significant fiscal impact. The exemption, legislators were told, would cost the state roughly $14.6 million over the 2014–15 budget cycle, according to Texas Senate Finance Committee testimony. […] Click here to view original web page at www.techtimes.com Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio