Ohio hits pause on datacenter tax breaks draining its coffers

The US state of Ohio has suspended tax breaks for datacenters, amid claims that the policy cost the state more than $1.5 billion in revenue during in 2025 alone. Ohio's Republican Governor Mike DeWine declared a pause in the state's server farm subsidy, directing its Tax Credit Authority to stop considering new datacenter sales tax exemption requests while officials review the industry’s costs and impacts. According to the Associated Press, the amount of money involved in Ohio’s tax break has ba