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The incentive programs that states have extended to artificial intelligence data centers are under active review, as rising power costs and public opposition put pressure on the case for maintaining them.
State governments are weighing whether those incentives remain tenable. For the AI infrastructure build-out, a key structural support is in focus. State-level programs have been a factor in data center site selection.
The reconsideration reflects a shift on two fronts: power costs are rising, and community resistance is building. Those pressures are arriving at the same time.
For the setup, a contraction in state support would change the cost structure for projects in affected markets. Operators who incorporated incentives into location decisions would be working from different inputs.
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