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AI Data Centers Not Paying Their Costs, Will Keep Using NDAs and Seek Tax Breaks
This is the moment the subsidy game gets visible to lawmakers with power. Data centers are externalizing costs through nondisclosure and tax incentives, and now it's on the record. For builders: this will accelerate state-level regulation of compute and electricity. For investors: expect margins in inference compute to compress as these sweetheart deals face public scrutiny.