West Virginia looks to AI data center boom to help eliminate state income tax

Gov. Patrick Morrisey's seven-point plan would dedicate 50% of hyperscale data center revenue to reducing and eliminating West Virginia's income tax.

Sean Moran Investigative Reporter, Technology August 29, 2026 12:10 PM ET Data centers were once thought to be a driving force for economic growth. Now, Americans don’t want them in their backyards. Could space be a better fit? Data centers started sprawling across most of the American South and the Midwest as politici