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Candidate defends tax‑increment deals used to land data centers, says ROI to residents must drive incentives
Summary
Tom West Morland described how Eagle Mountain used a large incentive to attract Meta (Facebook) data center investment and argued tax‑increment deals can be justified when they fund infrastructure and deliver measurable returns for residents.
On a Utah County Republican Party podcast, Tom West Morland described his approach to economic development and incentives, using Eagle Mountain’s data‑center experience as an example.
West Morland recounted that the initial Meta (Facebook) project in Eagle Mountain included substantial private investment and an unusually large infrastructure contribution. "When Facebook came in they spent they wrote a check for $120 million... all of that went into…
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