How Meta's AI Data Centers Became $3.9B Tax Cheat

Podcast: Good Revenue · Neeta Bidwai

Opublikowano: 2026-10-01

Meta just claimed $3.9 billion in tax credits meant for things like cancer research, and they used it to build AI data centers. That's more than Apple and Google combined, and 15 times what Merck took. The trick: calling NVIDIA chips inside "pilot models" counts as research. The question is whether the IRS lets this slide. CHAPTERS 00:00 Meta's $3.9B Tax Credit Grab 00:59 How The R&D Credit Works 01:57 Meta Reclassifies Data Centers As Pilots 02:59 Auditor EY Shares The Strategy 03:30 Taxpayers Foot The Bill 04:30 Meta's History With...