How Michigan established a tax-free runway for massive data centers

News Clip1:43MLive·MI·7/22/2026

Michigan lawmakers established tax breaks to attract large data centers to the state. These incentives created a "tax-free runway" for massive tech infrastructure projects before public protests against data centers became prominent. The video explains the details of this policy.

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Before data center protests began, Michigan lawmakers rolled out the red carpet with tax breaks for the largest warehouses full of computer servers. MLive reporters explain. https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/07/how-michigan-established-a-tax-free-runway-for-big-techs-massive-data-centers.html