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data center tax exemption

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North Carolina Taxed the Power. Inference Pays.

North Carolina's 2026 budget repealed the sales-tax exemption on data center electricity and left the exemptions on servers and construction materials intact. The 7% now falls on the meter — which prices always-on inference, not the build.

August 2, 2026 · 14 min read