Google data center plan raises tax, transparency questions in rural Missouri

By: Steph Quinn

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: May 22, 2026

Words: 926

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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HIGH HILL — A $5 million federal pandemic recovery grant helped Montgomery County prepare a rural industrial site along Interstate 70 for major development. Two years later, Amazon and Google are building data centers on nearly 2,000 acres near New Florence — and local officials are preparing to offer Google a 70% personal property tax abatement.

Google announced Wednesday that it will invest $15 billion in a data center south of the highway, joining an …

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