{"id":2449761,"date":"2025-06-20T09:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-senate-approves-tax-rule-exemption-for-data-center-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:00:07","slug":"wisconsin-senate-approves-tax-rule-exemption-for-data-center-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-senate-approves-tax-rule-exemption-for-data-center-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Senate approves tax rule exemption for data center &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-senate-approves-tax-rule-exemption-for-data-center-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2449761&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bill allowing a planned data center in Port Washington to bypass certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-city-council-passes-brandon-johnsons-first-budget-since-becoming-mayor\/\" title=\"Chicago City Council passes Brandon Johnson&#039;s first budget since becoming mayor\">tax increment financing<\/a> (TIF) rules. This will enable the data center to capture increased property tax revenues generated from its advancement for future improvements instead of contributing these revenues to the local tax base. The bill specifically creates an exemption to a 12% cap on how much property in a municipality can be involved in a TIF. While proponents, including Senator jodi Habush-Sinykin, argue that the project will <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >create critically important job opportunities<\/a> and boost the local tax base, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-sanctioned-kidnapping-california-dems-approve-plan-to-let-kids-enroll-in-group-homes-without-parental-consent\/\" title=\"&#039;State-Sanctioned Kidnapping&#039;: California Dems Approve Plan To Let Kids Enroll in Group Homes Without Parental Consent\">critics raise concerns<\/a> about the viability of such tax breaks given that many states have seen substantial tax losses due to data centers. There are also worries about the potential rise in consumer energy costs associated with these facilities. The bill passed with a vote of 28-3 in the Senate following a 91-6 vote in the Assembly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wisconsin Senate approves tax rule exemption for data center<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2153539\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Wisconsin<\/a> Senate approved an exception to the state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tax<\/a> incremental <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/finance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">financing<\/a> rules for a planned data center in Port Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The data center is expected to be constructed and could open before the end of the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3448472\/tennessee-unemployment-rate-holds-steady\/\">Tennessee unemployment rate holds steady at 3.5%<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3448426\/minnesota-john-hoffman-shot-nine-times-assassination-attempt\/\">Minnesota lawmaker John Hoffman was shot nine times during assassination attempt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3448413\/judge-blocks-trump-administration-pulling-states-transportation-funding-ice\/\">Judge blocks Trump administration from pulling states&#8217; transportation funding over ICE cooperation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The bill allows the data center to be part of a TIF, meaning that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-gov-katie-hobbs-vetoes-gop-bill-eliminating-food-tax-amid-skyrocketing-inflation\/\" title=\"Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetoes GOP ... Eliminating Food Tax Amid Skyrocketing Inflation\">increased property taxes<\/a> from the property being developed will be captured and allowed to be used for future improvements on the property instead of going to the local tax base.<\/p>\n<p>The bill creates an exemption to a statewide 12% limit on the amount of property in a municipality that can be part of a TIF.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 12% rule is in place related to local property taxes because the exemptions mean that businesses in a TIF aren&rsquo;t paying into the local property tax base yet are using local resources. Therefore, companies are able to retain the funds to spend on future improvements of their facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Tax breaks for data centers nationwide are being questioned due to the lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-approve-new-oil-drilling-project\/\" title=\"Biden to approve new oil drilling project\">long-term jobs<\/a> at the sites, the energy needs and the potential increase in consumer energy bills that accompany those data centers.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jodi Habush-Sinykin, D-Whitefish Bay, claimed the project would lead to &ldquo;hundreds or even thousands of good paying&rdquo; while claiming the Vantage Data Centers project would &ldquo;meaningfully expand the local tax base of Port Washington.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The expansion of tax base, however, has not proven true as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/wisconsin\/article_bbe22221-a051-4af2-a25c-9c52e569e951.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at least 10 states<\/a>&nbsp;are currently losing $100 million or more in taxes from data centers, according to an April report from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goodjobsfirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cloudy-with-a-Loss-of-Spending-Control-How-Data-Centers-Are-Endangering-State-Budgets.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Good Jobs First<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3444295\/wisconsin-supreme-court-gop-law-weakened-state-ag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY RULES AGAINST GOP LAW THAT WEAKENED STATE AG POWERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2025\/proposals\/REG\/AB140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assembly Bill 140<\/a>&nbsp;passed the Senate 28-3 after passing the Assembly 91-6.<\/p>\n<p>The average American&rsquo;s energy bill could increase from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/virginia\/article_368b645e-a86e-11ef-8825-772ecfdea4b2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">25% to 70%<\/a>&nbsp;in the next 10 years without intervention from policymakers, according to Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Jack Kemp Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2153539\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2153539\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Senate greenlights tax exemption for data center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2449762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wisconsin-state-capitol.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47534,4762,3740,52386,4124],"class_list":["post-2449761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-data-centers","tag-legislation","tag-senate","tag-tax-exemption","tag-wisconsin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wisconsin-state-capitol.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449761"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449765,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449761\/revisions\/2449765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}