Kentucky House Speaker says we should evaluate data center tax breaks. Let’s expand that idea.

By: Linda Blackford

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 605

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Earlier this month, House Speaker David Osborne made an interesting comment to the Lexington Herald-Leader about whether Kentucky’s generous tax incentives to data centers were a good idea.

“We should always be asking whether an incentive delivers a return for taxpayers, but we also need to make sure we’re comparing apples to apples before drawing false conclusions disguised as economic analysis,” Osborne said. “Instead of looking at this in isolation, …

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