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PILOT · Payment In Lieu Of Taxes

A negotiated payment a data center makes instead of standard property taxes, often part of siting incentives.

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up to 65% / 30 yrproperty-tax abatement / PILOT term — one Arkansas IDB-financed example, above the 10–20 yr band Chapter 3.10 gives as typicalas of 2026 · register ↗

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