Data Centers · Issue 5 of 12
Data Center Donalds
Byron Donalds supports building new AI data centers in Florida and giving them tax breaks. He’s taken millions from AI data center companies that are driving up costs and seeking to destroy our Florida way of life.
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, edited
The facts
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Byron Donalds supports building new AI data centers in Florida. 1
Byron Donalds voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). 2
The OBBBA made permanent tax breaks for investors for job creation in rural parts of the country, including data center development. 3
Byron Donalds has accepted millions in donations from AI data center companies to his political action committee. 4
Byron Donalds also co-sponsored a bill exempting data centers from taxes on construction materials, technology, and electric bills. 5
In his own words · On AI data centers
“There ain't no bans coming.”
Tell Byron Donalds: Florida isn't for sale to Big Tech.
Sources
Every claim on this page, with links to the votes, filings and reporting behind it.
- Florida Politics, Byron Donalds backs AI Bill of Rights, a priority of Ron DeSantis, July 25, 2026
- Congress.gov, H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 119th Congress, 2025
- Brookings Institution, How did the One Big Beautiful Bill Act change opportunity zones?, July 8, 2025
- Politico, Byron Donalds and AI data center fundraising, July 21, 2026
- Tampa Bay Times, Florida gives millions in tax breaks, June 26, 2026
- Florida Politics, 'There ain't no bans coming': Byron Donalds says critics can't stop AI data centers, Aug. 11, 2026