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The Georgia General Assembly wants to suspend tax breaks for high-tech data centers and won’t extend extra benefits to cryptocurrency mining operations. These operations rely on large banks of computer servers that use huge amounts of energy – a concern that was on lawmakers’ minds as they passed the data center bill and failed to advance the crypto measure.
State lawmakers also set out an election schedule for the state’s Public Service Commissioners. Voting for the elected officials who regulate utilities has been on hold for years as a voting rights challenge has moved through the courts.
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