Data-center tax-break proposal falters as labor and environmental concerns sway votes
Leaders said a proposed data-center tax-break bill did not have sufficient votes and that building-trades and utility-consumption concerns played a decisive role; testimony from large tech firms was present but described as not extraordinary in the transcript.
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Senate Majority Leader Jamie Peterson said a proposed data-center tax-break bill "didn't have enough votes" to advance through the legislature this session, and he pointed to concerns raised by building trades and utility impacts as central to members’ hesitancy.
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