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Germany's cabinet approves tax shift channelling data centre revenue to host towns

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.

Reported AI-drafted heise online, 3 September 2026

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

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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