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RI-H7695 — Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.

STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORPORATION - Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionRhode IslandState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-05-07Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

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How it operates

Tax incentive / clawback

Lowers the public cost of building a data center, and can attach conditions or clawbacks that recover the benefit if commitments are not met.

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Issues named in the record

Siting & Land Use

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NJ-A5482New Jersey · Introduced / in committeeEstablishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers; creates Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission.Tax incentive / clawbackMA-DATA-CENTER-GUARDRAILS-2026Massachusetts · Official announcementMassachusetts pauses data-center tax incentive and calls for comprehensive guardrailsTax incentive / clawbackPA-HB 2539Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program, further providing for application for certification, for eligibility requirements relating to Sales and Use Tax Refund Program and for eligibility requirements relating to Sales and Use Tax Exemption Program.Tax incentive / clawbackOR-HB 4084Oregon · Enacted or issuedEstablishes the Joint Permitting Council.Tax incentive / clawback · Siting & Land Use
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Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.

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Policy record 1Policy theme 3Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordRI-H7695Establishes property, tangi…RI-H7695: Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.Policy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeJob CreationAI-assisted policy themeJob Creation: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeTax IncentivesAI-assisted policy themeTax Incentives: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismTax incentive / clawba…Text-derived policy signalTax incentive / clawback: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionRhode IslandState policy jurisdictionRhode Island: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorDavid BennettpersonDavid Bennett: personPolicy familyEstablishes property, …RIEstablishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.: RI

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