KansasKansasLawSB 98

Qualified data center sales tax exemption

Provides a sales tax exemption for building or remodeling qualified data centers and buying data center equipment for firms that invest at least $250 million and meet Kansas job requirements.

Body

Kansas Legislature

Session

2025-2026

Introduced

Jan 29, 2025

In effect since

Jul 1, 20251y1 year ago

Votes

Senate 39-1, House 105-17, conference report House 85-37, Senate 26-8

Topics

Data centers

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