Data center tax breaks
What they say
His campaign says data centers should get no new tax breaks until they prove they are keeping their side of the deal, and that he will re-examine the breaks they get now.
“stop awarding tax breaks for data centers until they prove that they're holding up their end of the bargain”
What the record shows ·
In 2015, as a state senator, he was one of six lead sponsors of Senate Bill 170, which created a partial tax break for new or expanding data centers. He voted for it; the Senate passed it 21 to 0, and it became law on June 9, 2015. The break is still in state law. It came with conditions: at least 10 Nevada employees, at least the statewide average wage, and at least $25 million invested, and a data center that stops meeting them has to repay the break.
Limit: The law is from 2015; his plan is from his 2026 campaign. The plan asks for stricter terms on these breaks, not an end to them.