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Arizona governor wants to end tax breaks for data centers in State of the State speech

PHOENIX — The end appears near for tax breaks to build data centers in Arizona.

Gov. Katie Hobbs told Capitol Media Services she sees no need for the incentives that allow the often-controversial developments to get exemptions from state and local sales taxes for the equipment they buy.

Hobbs voted for them as a state legislator when they were first approved in 2013, albeit as part of a larger budget proposal. But things, she said, are different now.

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