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Senators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.

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Meta has claimed to the Internal Revenue Service that the data centers it is building across the country to power its new generative A.I. efforts are β€œexperimental.”

How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

Β© Illustration by Joan Wong; Photographs by Jason Henry for The New York Times, Mike Stewart/Associated Press, Getty Images

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