Growing Involta is working on data center tax exemption for 2019

How is a data center like a tractor? Supporters of past failed attempts to exempt data center equipment from sales taxes will be trying another tactic in the upcoming legislative session: Equating data center equipment to agricultural and manufacturing equipment.

Proponents of the exemption say that it would attract data centers to Idaho, noting that surrounding states such as Nevada, Oregon, and Washington – all with cheap power – now house a number of them. Washington, Nevada, and Wyoming all have such an exemption, while Oregon and Montana have no sales tax.

By: Sharon Fisher

Growing Involta is working on data center tax exemption for 2019