Key facts
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker ordered a pause on state tax incentives for data centers.
- The pause is due to the legislature stalling a plan to shield residents from data-center energy cost increases.
- The state legislature did not pass the governor's proposed plan.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has issued an order to pause state tax incentives for data centers. This decision comes after the state legislature failed to advance his proposed plan, which aimed to prevent the rising energy costs associated with data centers from being passed on to local residents' utility bills. The legislative stalemate has led to the governor's executive action to halt these incentives.