Sweeping Data Center Tax Exemptions Passed In Illinois

One of the largest data center markets in America will exempt data center owners and operators from paying sales tax on the IT inside the facilities – from servers and storage to liquid cooling solutions.

Illinois lawmakers recently passed a data center tax incentive as part of the state’s $45 billion capital construction budget that exempts qualifying data centers from state and local sales tax on the equipment inside the facilities for the next 10 years. The budget was signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week.

click here for more