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Prohibiting large facilities receiving certain tariffs or failing to meet workforce and electric demand requirements from qualifying for economic development electric rates. (SB 81, KS)
Makes some high power usage facilities ineligble for electricity discount.
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Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment, eligible data center costs and certain labor costs to qualified firms that commit to a minimum investment of at least $250,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements. (SB 98, KS)
Creates sales tax exemption for data centers, requires water efficiency commitments, purchasing power from public utility, approval from security board (KS intelligence fusion center); makes qualified data centers ineligble for electricity discount.
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Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment, eligible data center costs and certain labor costs to qualified firms that commit to a minimum investment of at least $250,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements. (SB 51, KS)
Creates sales tax exemption for data centers, length tiered by investment amount.
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Requiring data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems to mitigate water consumption. (SB 400, KS)
Requires certain data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems.
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Safeguarding American veteran empowerment act (HB 2214, KS)
Prohibits processing veterans' personal information in foreign data centers
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms