Committee debates making data centers industrial property; size threshold and administrative fixes proposed
Draft 27LSO111 would classify data processing centers as industrial property. Witnesses warned the definition is broad and could capture small server rooms; lawmakers proposed size or investment thresholds (eventually a 13 MW consumption placeholder) and a suggestion to tie the change to the sales‑tax data‑center exemption. The committee tabled the draft for further work.
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The committee took up draft 27 LSO 1 11, a working draft that would add data processing services centers to the industrial property class for property‑tax assessment.
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