December 29, 2025 – A decade-long subsidy package for a Compass Datacenters project in Meridian, Mississippi has been selected as the nation’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” for 2025 by The Center for Economic Accountability. The Texas-based data center construction firm plans to build a campus containing eight single-tenant data centers in Lauderdale County on … Continue reading Mississippi Data Center Project Named 2025’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” by The Center for Economic Accountability
Op-ed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal: 2020 is no time for subsidies in Nevada
Nevada's economy has been hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic, which virtually eliminated tourism and gaming revenues. Despite the fiscal crisis faced by the state, its elected officials recently announced a $25 million subsidy for a Google data center. The CEA's John Mozena challenged this decision in the Las Vegas Review-Journal: It doesn’t make sense for … Continue reading Op-ed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal: 2020 is no time for subsidies in Nevada