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The Data Center Divide

Hawaii County

Mixed Data Center Policies

Hawaii offers a temporary tax credit for some data-center technology upgrades, while facilities hosting consolidated state IT data must meet backup-system requirements. Other enacted actions call for studies rather than imposing general rules; a separate enacted law ends a related renovation credit starting in 2028.

Rating and summary from Hawaii statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Hawaii County.

Specific to Hawaii County only.

pending · County measure
Would prohibit data centers in Hawaiʻi County by defining them separately from ordinary data-processing facilities and not allowing them as a permitted zoning use.Hawaii County Bill 170 (2026)

What this means

Analytical assessment of the proposal, not current enacted law: its stated purpose is to make clear that data centers are not a permitted use in the County. Official bill text was not retrieved; precise scope and exceptions remain unverified.

People behind it

  • Hāmākua Council member who introduced Bill 170.

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  • Would distinguish data centers from data processing facilities and, according to reporting quoting the proposal, make clear that they are not a permitted use in the County. Not verified as enacted.

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  • No data-center-specific incentives or affirmative permissions verified in the attached sources. Exact exceptions remain unverified because the official bill text was not retrieved.

Sources

pending · County measure
Defines data centers separately from data-processing facilities for county zoning and land-use purposes.Hawaii County COM 0940.001 (2026)

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