Google gets $25M in Nev. tax breaks

RENO, Nev. — Google will receive more than$25million in tax breaks after pledging an additional $600 million for a data center in southernNevada, state officials said.

The company previously committed $600 million to the data center in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson. Google also said it would invest $600 million to build a data center at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center in northern Nevada, bringing its total investment in the state to $1.8 billion, said Gov. Steve Sisolak.

The state Office of Economic Development board approved more than $25 million in tax breaks for the construction of the company’s Henderson data center. The facility is expected toopenin 2021, theReno Gazette-Journal reported.