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Data center bill clears House with community benefit and environmental provisions
Summary
House File 16, an act relating to data centers, passed the House after sponsors said it extends tax and administrative provisions, creates a fee for large data centers and requires early water coordination for facilities using large volumes of water.
The Minnesota House passed House File 16, the data center bill, after members agreed to suspend rules and take up the negotiated conference agreement. The bill creates rules and fiscal provisions for large-scale data centers and includes community-benefit, environmental coordination and fee provisions supporters said were part of a negotiated deal with industry stakeholders.
Representative Davids, the bill’s author, described the proposal as updated…
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