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# Germany's cabinet approves tax shift channelling data centre revenue to host towns
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-02-germany-data-centre-gewerbesteuer-reform/
- Published: 2026-09-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T10:30:26.000Z
- Description: Germany's cabinet approved the government draft of the Einkommensteuerreformgesetz 2027 on 2 September, adding a Gewerbesteuer rule for data centres: 90 percent of the levy will follow electrical connection capacity rather than wages, redirecting revenue to host municipalities.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #reported

Reported [heise online, 3 September 2026](https://www.heise.de/news/Steuer-Coup-gegen-Buergerproteste-Milliarden-Umschichtung-fuer-Rechenzentren-11440618.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that any data centre operator relocated, expanded or changed ownership, nor that the Bundestag has passed the law.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Cabinet draft shifts local tax revenue only; no data centre ownership, operation, law or parts change. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)