Georgia has a booming data center market. Supporters say they are boosting tax revenue while detractors argue they are a ...

Data centers are booming in Georgia, boosting jobs and tax revenue—but critics warn of high water and power use, unclear tax ...

The Georgia Department of Revenue announced an update on Tuesday regarding the state’s progress with distributing special tax refunds for 2025. According to the department, most eligible taxpayers who ...

For Georgians who are wondering why they haven’t received Gov. Brian Kemp’s highly touted special tax refunds yet, but others have, that’s because the state Department of Revenue is issuing them in ...

In 2024, Georgia’s annual tax expenditure report estimated large data center equipment exemptions would total about $15 million. Two reports later, that figure was adjusted to $36 million — a ...

O'Connell has served as revenue commissioner since Kemp appointed him in February 2023. During his 21-year career with the ...

The data center tax break has only fairly recently become a target for elimination. Since 2018, Georgia has provided lucrative tax savings for large or “hyperscale” data centers.

Data center servers run 24/7, requiring huge amounts of electricity to keep them powered. As the facilities flock to Georgia, the state’s largest utility — Georgia Power — has said it needs ...

The Georgia Department of Revenue is making progress on distributing Georgia's surplus refunds, sending out $488 million to ...

The new bill, HB 1187; Sales and use tax; exemption for certain high-technology data center equipment; extend sunset, extends the sunset of these exemptions from 2028 to 2033 and adds a job creation ...

Solar market experts, Georgia senators and energy experts weigh in on how the new domestic policy and tax bill will affect ...