JUST IN: Meta is using AI data centers to claim research tax credits, according to the NYT. Its total research credits reached almost $4,000,000,000 in 2025 alone.
It also counted Mark Zuckerberg’s $4.1 billion compensation as research spending to claim a $355 million tax break.
Apparently when you’re worth $2 trillion, a data center is a science experiment and your CEO’s $4 billion payday is research.
Andrew Lokenauth
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