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dmixtoday at 8:17 PM1 replyview on HN

> Hyperion will be exempt from state and local sales and use taxes on its data center equipment for the next 20 years, which includes the GPUs that train and develop AI models. Sherwood News estimated that since the state’s combined state and local sales tax stands at 9.56%, spending the roughly $35 billion for the GPUs of the center will hand the firm about $3.3 billion in tax breaks.


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dietr1chtoday at 8:22 PM

If they are willing to spend 35B there's no doubt they could spend 30B without asking the government to reach into the people's wallet.

The US needs to do something about lobbying. It seems too late already, but maybe you can get things to improve a bit.

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