The Decoder· Matthias Bastian·· 21 h ago
Meta dodges billions in US taxes by calling its AI data centers experiments
Meta dodges billions in US taxes by calling its AI data centers experiments
AI summary
According to The New York Times, Meta uses a federal research tax credit to classify AI data centres as 'pilot models' and Nvidia chips as experimental materials. This saved it $3.9 billion in 2025, up from $2 billion the previous year and $700 million in 2023, making it the largest beneficiary of the credit among publicly traded companies.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 71Second 71
Not admittedSum of both 142 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：Meta将AI数据中心归类避税，实质AI业务
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
Source: The Decoder · the-decoder.com