Does Washington State currently provide a competitive business climate for mega data center investments and the delivery of online services?
Because technology tends to drive economic growth, there is competition for business among states in the data center and online services markets today, with tax and other incentives being offered, and this is certainly true of the states in which Microsoft currently has mega data center commitments and investments. For example, both Texas and Illinois offer significant property tax incentives for data center operators today; Iowa offers property tax incentives as well as sales tax exemptions for all data center equipment.
