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Agency official halts tax incentive for new data centers, sets clean-power and environmental conditions
Summary
The speaker said she halted tax incentives for new data centers in Massachusetts and outlined conditions for any future projects, including on-site clean power generation and environmental impact accounting.
An agency official announced a halt to tax incentives for new data centers in Massachusetts and laid out conditions any future data-center projects would need to meet. "Data centers need to generate their own power. They need to generate power that's clean," the official said, adding that projects should not impose costs on the grid or harm air and water quality.
The official said developers would need to demonstrate they can build without driving up costs or harming the environment under a framework the administration is proposing for data centers in the state. She framed the move as part of a broader effort to protect ratepayers and ensure clean-energy goals are met while avoiding unintended harms.
