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Senator Pham criticizes growing data-center tax breaks, urges transparency and cost-sharing
Summary
Senator Pham urged the Senate to curb uncapped subsidies for data centers, saying subsidies have doubled and could exceed $390 million in 2026; she called for limits on tax breaks and requirements that companies pay grid and water upgrade costs and disclose usage.
Senator Pham warned colleagues that Oregon’s approach to subsidizing large data centers is costing taxpayers substantially more than in the past and urged the state to demand greater transparency and cost-sharing from technology firms.
"As a result of these public subsidies, Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook all have big installations of data centers across our state," Senator Pham said, adding that the cost to Oregon taxpayers has doubled over the last decade and is…
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