Pennsylvania enacted a state tax break for data centers during the pandemic when those enterprises were just a glimmer on the horizon. The 2021 state Fiscal Code provides a 6% sales tax exemption on equipment purchased by data centers. This includes servers which process and store data. It’s designed to attract data center investment in Pennsylvania as it competes with other states. Five years later, with some 50 data center projects appearing across Pennsylvania, local citizen opponents are calling to repeal the tax break. Three repeal measures are in the legislative hopper ...