Indiana

Data center sales-and-use tax exemption

Incentive or explicitly supportive policy

In effect

Scope

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation's program page says the Data Center Gross Retail and Use Tax Exemption provides a sales and use tax exemption on purchases of qualifying data center equipment and energy for operators of a qualified data center, for a period not to exceed 25 years when the investment is less than $750 million. If the investment exceeds $750 million, the corporation may award an exemption for up to 50 years. The page says the program is established by Indiana Code section 6-2.5-15. It also says local governments may provide a personal property tax exemption on qualified enterprise information technology equipment when the owner invests at least $25 million. That local exemption is described as something local governments may provide, not as a statewide requirement. The page does not say the state exemption has been repealed.

Dates

Effective
No single effective day is stated
Scheduled expiration
None scheduled
Completion condition
The page describes a certificate period not to exceed 25 years, or up to 50 years if the investment exceeds $750 million. Those are maximum award terms, not one program-wide end date.
Source document
The source page states no document date
Last checked
22 September 2026
Issuing authority
Indiana Economic Development Corporation

Summary

As reviewed on 22 September 2026, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation's program page still describes a gross retail and use tax exemption for qualifying data center equipment and energy. The page says the exemption period does not exceed 25 years for an investment under $750 million, and that the corporation may award up to 50 years if the investment exceeds $750 million. It identifies Indiana Code section 6-2.5-15 as the establishing statute. The code text itself was not opened. The 25-year and 50-year figures are maximum certificate terms, so no single expiration is stored. The page's separate statement that local governments may offer a personal property exemption is not recorded as a state mandate. The page does not say the exemption has been suspended.

What this does not establish

  • The primary source is the administering agency's program page, not a line-by-line reading of Indiana Code section 6-2.5-15.
  • County investment minimums that appear in a separate fact sheet were not on the page that was opened and are not restated.
  • A 2026 bill draft that would pause new certificates was not opened and is not recorded as enacted.
  • News items on the same agency page about appointments and other industries are not part of this exemption.

Unresolved questions

  • Whether any enrolled 2026 act stopped new certificates after the page was last published was not established.
  • The page does not list current certificate holders.

Relationships

Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. A later implementation or a related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.

  • No related action is recorded.

Sources

Primary source

https://iedc.in.gov/indiana-advantages/investments/data-center-sales-tax-exemption/overview

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