Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor's veto saved a data-center break

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May 9th, 2024

Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed a two-year pause in a sales tax exemption the state gives for building and equipping computer data centers.
A banner hangs during a ceremony announcing a proposed $300 million expansion of Google's data center operations Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Lithia Springs, Ga. Georgia. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year.

Their efforts came to nothing.

Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a two-year pause in a sales tax exemption the state gives for building and equipping computer data centers, after an intensive lobbying effort to preserve the tax break.

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