“Voted Aye on Wisconsin AB 245, broadening the sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers to standalone servers and colocation facilities”

The Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Ways and Means voted in executive session to recommend passage of AB 245, which would broaden Wisconsin's sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers by extending it to standalone (non-networked) server computers and to colocation data centers shared by multiple companies. At the public hearing, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce registered in favor; the only registration against came from the Town of Colfax Plan Commission in Dunn County. The bill was referred to the Joint Committee on Finance and then failed to pass when the session ended. An Aye was a vote to broaden the tax break; a No was a vote against broadening it. Outcome: Passage as amended recommended, Ayes 6, Noes 3; the bill later failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 on March 23, 2026 Recorded vote: Aye. Body: Wisconsin State Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. Measure: WI AB 245 (2025-2026).