Idaho has the potatoes but wants Iowa’s data centers
BPC Staff Feb 21, 2018 | 5:39 pm
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91 wordsAll Latest News, Economic Development, Innovation and EntrepreneurshipIdaho’s legislature is weighing tax breaks to lure the type of data center development found in Iowa, which the Idaho Statesman dubbed “the new server state.” Idaho has some smaller-scale server farms, but it wants the Apple/Google/Microsoft action others have seen. The Statesman checked in with David Maahs, executive vice president of economic development of the Greater Des Moines Partnership. Des Moines is about the same size as Boise, Idaho. Iowa added tax breaks for data centers in 2009. Maahs mentioned that Microsoft is now Polk County’s top payer of property taxes.
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