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by tssva 3539 days ago
Usually the big tax gain for the locality is property tax on the equipment located within the data center.
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Not sure that all municipalities charge a tax on the servers. However they get taxes on power and utilities like water. Also a larger base of utilities means the capital costs are spread across more billing.
They may not all do so, but the largest data center concentrations in the US are in Loudoun County, VA and in the Dallas/Fort Worth areas. You will pay local tax on your equipment in both locations.