“The future is technological,” said state Rep. Alex Valdez, D-Denver, a lead sponsor of the industry-backed tax break bill. And in the case of a data center energy agreement with a utility company, any new energy needed for data center operations would have to be 75% noncarbon emitting, Valdez said. Two of the four chillers at the Novva Data Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 18, 2024. Dan Diorio, a lobbyist for the data center industry, said the requirements in the Kipp bill are “punitive” and unfairly single out the data center industry. The tax breaks are an “important consideration” for data center companies when choosing where to build, he said.
