Meta 據報申報資料中心建設研究税額抵免，引起美國國會議員關注
Meta data center credits draw congressional scrutiny
美國兩黨眾議員致函財政部，對 Meta 據報將資料中心建設支出申報為研究税額抵免提出疑慮。議員認為，將抵免用於資料中心開發和建設，可能大幅擴大研究抵免的原定用途，並把技術實驗的激勵轉為企業日常也會進行的資本開支補貼。Meta 則稱，AI 優化資料中心需要大量無法模擬的測試和實驗，才能做好設計和建設，並指這類投資正是國會設立相關税務優惠時所鼓勵的。
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is raising concerns with the Treasury Department about reports that Meta is claiming a research tax credit for its data center buildout, according to a letter shared first to Semafor.
“We are concerned by Meta’s apparent position that expenditures associated with its massive data-center buildout qualify for the research credit,” wrote Reps. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., Greg Steube, R-Fla., Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., along with two dozen other lawmakers.
It’s the latest sign of Congress responding to widespread voter backlash to the AI buildout. The lawmakers argue that allowing the tax credit to be used for data center development and construction would “significantly expand the research credit beyond its intended purpose and risk converting an incentive for technological experimentation into a subsidy for capital expenditures that companies would undertake in the ordinary course of business.”
The Treasury Department did not respond to a request for comment.
Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said that the new AI-optimized data centers “require extensive testing and experimentation that cannot be simulated in order to get the design and build right. This is precisely the kind of domestic investment Congress encouraged when it established these tax incentives decades ago.”
來源：Semafor · semafor.com