Timeline
City reports ~$10M community-development charges
Attributed to data-center projects; collected by the New Albany East Community Authority under cooperative control arrangements described by the city.
TIRC evaluates active abatements
Statutory board includes county auditor, city, schools and township trustees. Establishes a review mechanism—not automatic proof every promise was met.
Claim-to-outcome ledger
Approximately $10 million in special charges
City finance page: data-center projects generated approximately $10 million in community-development charge revenue for tax year 2024, collected in 2025. Receipts were not independently audited for this page.
$178 million is a payroll equivalent
The city compares one hyperscaler’s revenue contribution with the municipal income tax that $178 million of payroll would generate at 2%. It does not say the data center paid $178 million in wages.
Active abatements receive annual TIRC review
City describes annual evaluation of every active CRA real-property tax abatement by the Tax Incentive Review Council with school and township participants.
Minimum revenue can come from four streams
City identifies TIF collections, New Community Authority charges, municipal income tax and a cash payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT). Gross receipts should not be treated as unrestricted net benefit without tracing debt service and public costs.
Company-by-company compliance and net fiscal return
The reviewed city explainer does not by itself reconcile every agreement, payment receipt, infrastructure obligation and public operating cost for AWS, Meta, Google or other operators.
Unresolved matters
- Agreement-level and auditor receipts for each operator and tax year.
- Portion of charges servicing infrastructure debt versus unrestricted local use.
- TIRC vote outcomes and any noncompliance findings by project.
Primary source
- City of New Albany — City Finances
Government explanation; figures remain attributable to the city pending record-level reconciliation.
Last-checked date follows the new-albany-payroll-equivalent claim check and is not advanced merely because this ledger was clarified.
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