Floyd County commissioners forward data center tax abatement proposal to Amazon

Negotiation is the name of the game with Texas counties that are being courted by AI data centers these days, and after careful study, according to County Judge Marty Lucke, the Floyd County commissioners court approved their proposal in its regular session Aug. 24 and has passed it on to Amazon AWS for consideration.

“We executed our half of it,” said Lucke, who noted that terms are still confiden…