Pa. House approves moratoriums on data center builds, moves to curb tax breaks
Bipartisan measures would let municipalities impose six-month pauses on new data center projects and tighten the industry’s tax benefits, while a separate bill to repeal a computer-equipment tax exemption is slated for a Thursday vote.
In broadly bipartisan votes on Wednesday, the state House passed a pair of bills that would condition data centers’ tax benefits and allow municipalities to enact a six-month moratorium on new data center development.
Further, the House is expected to pass a bill Thursday that would completely end data centers’ tax breaks; the bill was voted out of the Appropriations Committee Wednesday evening.