Meta data centers

The New York Times reports that Meta is using a tax break intended to encourage research and experimentation to sharply reduce its federal tax bill, applying it to spending on AI data centers. The report says the company's own accountants view the strategy as risky, and it raises questions about whether the incentive is being used as Congress intended.

A new report highlighted by Gizmodo claims that American taxpayers have effectively been subsidizing Meta's AI data centers, with Mark Zuckerberg's company benefiting from public money to build its infrastructure. Critics online are framing the arrangement as corporate theft, linking it to wider anger over AI companies using public resources while pushing back against regulation and data rights.