一份由两党众议员联名的信函显示，他们正就Meta声称其数据中心建设可申请研发税收抵免一事向财政部表达担忧。该信件首次被Semafor获取。
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is raising concerns with the Treasury Department about reports that Meta is claiming a research tax credit for its data center buildout, according to a letter shared first to Semafor.
“我们对Meta显然认为其庞大数据中心建设相关支出符合研发抵免资格的立场表示担忧，”众议员吉米·帕内塔（民主党-加州）、格雷格·斯图贝（共和党-佛罗里达州）、迈克·汤普森（民主党-加州）和苏珊·德尔贝内（民主党-华盛顿州）以及另外两 dozen 名议员在信中写道。
“We are concerned by Meta’s apparent position that expenditures associated with its massive data-center buildout qualify for the research credit,” wrote Reps. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., Greg Steube, R-Fla., Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., along with two dozen other lawmakers.
这是国会回应公众对AI建设广泛不满的最新迹象。议员们认为，允许将税收抵免用于数据中心开发和建设将“显著扩大研发抵免的范围，超出其初衷，并可能将技术实验的激励措施转变为企业在日常经营中本会进行的资本支出补贴。”财政部未就置评请求作出回应。
It’s the latest sign of Congress responding to widespread voter backlash to the AI buildout. The lawmakers argue that allowing the tax credit to be used for data center development and construction would “significantly expand the research credit beyond its intended purpose and risk converting an incentive for technological experimentation into a subsidy for capital expenditures that companies would undertake in the ordinary course of business.”The Treasury Department did not respond to a request for comment.
Meta发言人安迪·斯通表示，新的人工智能优化数据中心“需要进行大量无法模拟的测试和实验，以确保设计和施工正确。这正是国会在几十年前设立这些税收激励措施时所鼓励的国内投资类型。”
Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said that the new AI-optimized data centers “require extensive testing and experimentation that cannot be simulated in order to get the design and build right. This is precisely the kind of domestic investment Congress encouraged when it established these tax incentives decades ago.”