Nicholas Miller

Nicholas Miller is the National Conference of State Legislatures expert in How states are competing in the data center gold rush, where he explains how states structure Data Center Tax Incentives. His role is to translate data-center competition into state policy mechanics: sales and use tax exemptions, electricity exemptions, property-tax abatements, job requirements, capital-investment thresholds, and energy-related reassessment.

The episode uses Miller to connect AI infrastructure to public finance. Data centers may bring construction spending, large capital investment, property taxes, and some jobs, but he emphasizes that states still have to evaluate the revenue they give up against the benefits they receive.

Connections

• Marketplace Tech and Megan McCarty-Corino - show and host context for the interview.
• National Conference of State Legislatures - institutional affiliation in the source.
• Data Center Tax Incentives - main policy concept he explains.
• AI Energy Bottleneck, Data Center Cost Shifting, and Data Center Backlash - adjacent infrastructure-policy concepts extended by the episode.