Lombardo doubles down on data centers, offers trimmed tax breaks, ‘commitments’ to wary public

By: April Corbin Girnus

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: September 18, 2026

Words: 696

Last Updated: 5 hours, 19 minutes ago


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Gov. Joe Lombardo in a new executive order is making clear his eagerness to welcome more AI data centers into the state, calling them “the means by which Nevada will meet an unprecedented challenge and realize an unprecedented opportunity, one of the most significant for economic growth and fiscal diversification this State has seen in a generation.”

The Republican governor on Friday is expected to sign an executive order to establish data center development …

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