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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Amazon to receive $1 billion in tax breaks in eastern Oregon for new data centers

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Officials in a remote northeastern Oregon county have voted to give tax breaks worth an estimated $1 billion to Amazon for five more data centers there.

Wednesday’s unanimous vote by Port of Morrow’s five commissioners was the last step in securing the enterprise zone incentives, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Companies in the state can receive property tax exemptions through local enterprise zones.

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