{"id":6028,"date":"2026-06-07T00:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T00:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=6028"},"modified":"2026-06-07T00:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T00:08:05","slug":"illinois-joins-ohio-in-ordering-pause-on-data-center-tax-credits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=6028","title":{"rendered":"Illinois joins Ohio in ordering pause on data center tax credits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Governor JB Pritzker\u00a0issued\u00a0an order pausing state tax incentives for data centers in Illinois after the state legislature stalled his plan to keep data-center energy costs from affecting local residents\u2019 bills.<\/p>\n

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Pritzker, a Democrat seeking his third term, said his\u00a0order\u00a0was in response to the legislature\u2019s failure to raise data centers\u2019 electricity rates, given their high energy usage, which he asked them to do in February. He plans to push the issue during the veto session in mid-November.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cData centers are asking just too much for too little in return, whether it\u2019s electricity or clean water,\u201d Pritzker said in a video posted on X. \u201cWe can\u2019t let them cause our utility bills to go up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ohio paused tax incentives for data centers on Wednesday. Governor Mike DeWine ordered a halt to a program offering tax breaks while a committee studies the economic impact of the projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0Ohio to Halt Data Center Tax Credits as Opposition Grows<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s order on Friday also comes amid growing opposition to data centers. Development projects worth about $64 billion have been delayed or canceled across the US due to community pushback,\u00a0according to\u00a0industry researcher Data Center Watch. In January, the city council in Naperville, Illinois,\u00a0voted down\u00a0plans for a proposed data center in the Chicago suburb, where many residents expressed fears that the project would increase their water and energy costs.<\/p>\n

Pritzker\u2019s move puts him in opposition to a core Democratic constituency: organized labor, which has called for the tax breaks to continue. Unions support the incentives so that their members can build the data centers. Climate Jobs Illinois, an umbrella group representing 15 unions, issued a\u00a0statement\u00a0on Friday calling on Pritzker to reverse his pause.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis pause does nothing to lower utility bills, protect the grid, or advance clean energy. Instead, it will send billions of dollars in investment and thousands of union jobs to Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio \u2014 states that sit on the same electrical grid, where those data centers will be built anyway, just without Illinois workers,\u201d the group said in its statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0Pritzker to Halt Data Center Tax Perks as Power Bills Soar<\/p>\n

Pritzker\u2019s order won\u2019t affect agreements entered into before July 1, and companies are still able to seek local tax relief support. The state provided almost $1 billion in tax incentives between 2020 and 2024, according to a\u00a0report\u00a0from the state\u2019s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Illinois has seen more than $15 billion in investments from data centers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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