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Francesca Hong: “We got data centers in Wisconsin right now and they're…”

Featuring: Francesca Hong, Democratic | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 76

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Published | Video Starts at 27:53

But what if my suggestion to you was billions of dollars in tax breaks for AI data centers instead of fixing the potholes and also rural infrastructure alongside urban infrastructure. So We got data centers in Wisconsin right now and they're exempt. They don't pay sales and use tax. If we were to delete in our control alt delete plan for data centers those corporate subsidies and exemptions, we're looking at $2.1 billion that we can put into public transit, clean infrastructure and fixing the damn roads. (27:53–28:01)

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