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"path": "/2026/05/22/google-data-center-plan-raises-tax-transparency-questions-in-rural-missouri/",
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"site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
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"Energy + Environment",
"amazon",
"data centers",
"Google",
"Jeff Myers",
"Mike Kehoe",
"Missouri Department of Economic Development",
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"textContent": "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 […]",
"title": "Google data center plan raises tax, transparency questions in rural Missouri"
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