West Virginia Bill Cuts Hefty Tax Breaks for Data Centers

Critics are calling a proposed West Virginia bill providing tax incentives to data centers a “handout.”  Legislation would create a new tax credit for data centers, data processing, and other related industries that invest at least $2.5 million dollars or create at least 10 new full-time jobs in the state. Morgan King with West Virginia Citizen Action Group says House Bill 4013 would tie the tax credits to average worker wages in the region, costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars annually…

“These developers could qualify for these tax credits and essentially strip away tax revenue from the county and from the state, and the state would be incentivizing them to pay these people an unlivable wage.”