Mystery price tag: Utah can’t say how much it’s losing from data center tax break

By: Sydnee Chapman, The Utah Investigative Journalism Project

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 1,403

Last Updated: 14 hours, 41 minutes ago

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The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch.

States are forgoing millions and, in some cases, billions of dollars in revenue by allowing data centers to skip out on paying sales tax.

But Utah has no idea how much money it’s losing to these tax exemptions — the state simply doesn’t collect the data. That’s thanks to legislative action …

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