Bill would stop data centers from getting tax breaks in poor areas.
S. 5418 — No Tax Breaks for Data Centers Act · Filed by Josh Hawley (R-MO) · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes the tax code. It stops data centers from getting special tax deals. These deals let investors pay less tax in poor areas. The bill says data centers can no longer use this tax break.
Who it affects
Data center companies would lose tax breaks. Poor communities might get less investment money. Investors who put money into data centers would pay more tax.
One thing to notice
The bill removes one type of business from a tax program. It does not say what happens to data centers already there.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- tax break — A rule that lets some people or companies pay less tax.
- data center — A big building full of computers that store information for companies.
- tax code — The set of federal rules about what people and companies must pay in taxes.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (649 characters) on Oct 1, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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