Minnesota · Legislation
Minnesota HF4153 is in committee.
This bill makes it easier for data centers to get water use approvals, exempts them from sales tax on electricity, and excludes their electricity use from calculations that determine how much solar energy utilities must provide. Overall, it reduces regulatory and financial burdens on data centers operating in Minnesota.
Recorded sponsors: Shane Mekeland, Chris Swedzinski, Ben Davis.
Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for data centers modified, data centers' electricity sales exempted in calculating a utility's solar energy standard, and data centers exempted from paying sales tax on electricity purchases.
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How would Minnesota HF4153 change data-center development in Minnesota?