Repealing Tax Incentives, Banning NDAs, and Myth-busting Economy & Jobs Claims

This session explores local, state, and federal policy interventions to stop taxpayer subsidization of the data center buildout and combat corporate secrecy. We dive deep into tax breaks and impacts on public budgets, mythbust the industry’s economic development and jobs claims, and review policy tools to increase transparency and restrict use of non-disclosure agreements. Our organizer and advocate panel shares on-the-ground strategies from Texas to Indiana, reflecting on site fights and statewide efforts to pursue public records disclosures, end tax subsidies, and push localities to invest in alternative industries.