Data-center law in Saint Lucia

National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-05

Saint Lucia has no data-center-specific siting, permitting, or utility statute; a data-center project would be governed by the general investment-incentive framework of the Fiscal Incentives Act and, if sited within a designated area, the Special Development Areas Act.

Neither Act names information technology or data infrastructure as a distinct sector, and both grant their exemptions at Cabinet's or the Minister's discretion to a project or area specifically declared eligible, rather than automatically. No provision in either Act addresses electricity grid interconnection, water use, or air emissions.

Instruments on record

2 instruments on record, grouped by the family of approval each one governs.

Public agreements

What fiscal agreements attach a data center to its host jurisdiction?

Fiscal Incentives Act

In force

Act 15 of 1974 (as amended by Act 3 of 2013 and Act 30 of 2019), Laws of Saint Lucia

Effective 1974-04-23 · Applies to private

Cabinet may, by Order published in the Gazette, declare a product or service to be an approved product or approved service, and may declare an enterprise producing or delivering it to be an approved enterprise. Cabinet may then, in its absolute discretion, grant an approved enterprise complete or partial exemption from income tax for a tax-holiday period fixed by Schedule, and the Act separately provides for exemption from customs duty and excise tax on imported inputs.

The Act does not name information technology, data processing, or data-center infrastructure as an approved product, service, or sector; eligibility depends on a specific Cabinet declaration for the particular enterprise.

Source: Full text of law

Special Development Areas Act

In force

Act 2 of 1998 (as amended), Laws of Saint Lucia

Effective 1998-01-24 · Applies to private

The Minister may by Order designate special development areas and specify which listed activities may qualify for incentives and exemptions within them. An approved developer carrying on a qualifying activity within a special development area receives exemption from income tax and other taxes, industrial or commercial building allowances, and other incentives the Act sets out.

The Act does not name data-center construction or operation among its listed activities; eligibility depends on the Minister's designation of the area and the qualifying activity.

Source: Full text of law

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