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Creating large data centers is a new frontier for state leaders
WITH every set of pictures on our cell phones, every share on Facebook, each search from Google, there must be a storage place in cyberspace.
In reality, this massive amount of information is stored on servers in enterprise data centers, the backbone of the internet that keeps us connected to work, family and friends as well as information on every conceivable subject.
For several states, development of data centers has become a major asset. Leading tech companies invest heavily in facilities storing data.
The lynchpin holding that activity in those states: a sales tax exemption on data-center construction material and equipment. A similar proposal in Frankfort is drawing statewide support across party lines.
Rep. Phillip Pratt, R-Georgetown, is leading the effort for a new law in Kentucky. He has filed HB 372, which matches the approach of other states that are landing...