The state's Legislature defeated legislation regulating electricity rate and environmental impacts of data centers, but lost a significant tax break for the facilities with Senate Bill 6231, which eliminates a sales tax break on equipment and labor required to refurbish existing data centers. The Data Center Coalition predicted significant consequences for the state, including job losses and uncertainty within the state's business climate. The tax break will end on July 1 and is expected to generate $63.1 million in the current biennium and $143.9 million for the 2027-29 period. However, while this bill passed, data center owners were able to evade a series of rules included in House Bill 2515, which included mandatory requirements for clean power usage and sharing forecasts on their energy needs. Critics argue that data centers support essential computing infrastructure, create jobs and increase property tax revenue.