Legislation
State and federal legislation related to data center development, tracked and classified by the Digest using OpenStates and LegiScan data. Sentiment reflects whether a bill favors, restricts, or is neutral toward data center growth. 279 bills tracked.
Last updated October 23, 2026
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SB5689In CommitteeantiNewUpdated Oct 15, 2026
RECLAIM Act Recapturing Excessive Corporate Largesse through Accountability and Incentive Measures Act
The RECLAIM Act, introduced in the Senate in October 2026, would prohibit large artificial intelligence-focused data centers from receiving any federal financial assistance or tax incentives and would impose a 100 percent federal excise tax on state and local incentives they receive.
Read the full bill text →HB10809In CommitteeantiUpdated Oct 13, 2026
Make Data Centers Pay Act
The Make Data Centers Pay Act would amend federal power law to require data centers and high-density computing facilities with electricity loads of 20 megawatts or more to pay the full incremental cost of electricity infrastructure serving them without subsidization from other ratepayers.
Read the full bill text →SB5640In CommitteeneutralUpdated Sep 30, 2026
Data Center Transparency Act of 2026
The Data Center Transparency Act of 2026 would require the Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Information Administration to collect and publicly report detailed data on the environmental and energy impacts of large data centers consuming at least 50 megawatts daily.
Read the full bill text →SB5658In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 30, 2026
A bill to prohibit the construction of data centers on Federal land, and for other purposes.
Senate Bill 5658, introduced by Senator Wyden in late September 2026, would establish a broad prohibition on constructing data centers on federal lands, including all National Forest System lands and lands managed by the Department of the Interior, with a significant carve-out for tribal lands.
Read the full bill text →SB5645In CommitteeneutralUpdated Sep 30, 2026
Data Center Community Empowerment Act of 2026
The Data Center Community Empowerment Act of 2026 would require the Secretary of Energy to establish a federal assistance program providing states, local governments, and tribes with objective technical information and analysis about how proposed data centers might affect their communities.
Read the full bill text →HB10570In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 24, 2026
No Secrets for Data Centers Act of 2026
The No Secrets for Data Centers Act of 2026 would void and make unenforceable predispute nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) related to data center construction and operations, specifically those involving public officials or public funds, land, or incentives.
Read the full bill text →HB10579In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 24, 2026
Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act of 2026
The Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act of 2026 would amend federal power law to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish new interconnection rules specifically governing large load facilities, primarily data centers, that connect to the nation's electrical transmission system.
Read the full bill text →HB9340Passed ChamberantiUpdated Sep 17, 2026
Ratepayer Protection Act
The Ratepayer Protection Act would amend federal utility law to establish a new standard requiring data centers with peak electricity demand of 100 megawatts or more to pay the full incremental cost of any power generation, transmission, or distribution infrastructure upgrades needed to serve their facilities.
Read the full bill text →HB10448In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 16, 2026
Reverse Big Ugly Tax Breaks for Data Centers Act
The Reverse Big Ugly Tax Breaks for Data Centers Act would eliminate federal tax incentives currently available to large data center operators by removing them from eligibility for bonus depreciation and qualified opportunity zone tax benefits.
Read the full bill text →HB10465In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 16, 2026
Public Lands Accountability Act
The Public Lands Accountability Act would establish new environmental and workforce requirements for hyperscale data centers seeking to develop on federally managed public lands.
Read the full bill text →SB5418In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 16, 2026
No Tax Breaks for Data Centers Act
The No Tax Breaks for Data Centers Act would amend the federal tax code to explicitly exclude data centers from qualification as "opportunity zone businesses" under the Internal Revenue Code.
Read the full bill text →HB10467In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 16, 2026
Data Center Fairness Fee Act of 2026
The Data Center Fairness Fee Act of 2026 would establish a federal electricity consumption charge on data centers under the Clean Air Act, requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to collect $0.01 per kilowatt-hour from data center operators beginning in 2027.
Read the full bill text →HB10321In CommitteeneutralUpdated Sep 8, 2026
Responsible Data Center Siting Act of 2026
The Responsible Data Center Siting Act of 2026 would direct the Secretary of Energy to develop best practices and guidance for where data centers should be located across the United States.
Read the full bill text →HB10322In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 8, 2026
Data Center Fair Share Act
The Data Center Fair Share Act would amend federal utility law to require electric utilities to charge large energy consumers, including data centers using 100 megawatts or more of peak power, the full incremental cost of any grid infrastructure upgrades needed to serve them.
Read the full bill text →HB10169In CommitteeantiUpdated Aug 27, 2026
To prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers on prime farmland and other certain farmland.
H.R. 10169, introduced by Representative Miller of Illinois in August 2026, would prohibit all federal agencies from providing financial assistance to data center construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation projects located on prime farmland and certain other protected farmland.
Read the full bill text →HB10139In CommitteeantiUpdated Aug 24, 2026
Ratepayer Bill of Rights Act of 2026
The Ratepayer Bill of Rights Act of 2026 would require large data centers to publicly disclose their electricity and water consumption, infrastructure costs, rate impacts, and any public financial assistance they receive before beginning operations.
Read the full bill text →HB10118In CommitteeneutralUpdated Aug 20, 2026
No Data Center NDAs Act
The No Data Center NDAs Act would prohibit Members of Congress from signing nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) that restrict their access to information about data center planning and development.
Read the full bill text →HB10119In CommitteeantiUpdated Aug 20, 2026
Protecting Local Control of Data Centers Act
The Protecting Local Control of Data Centers Act would prohibit federal agencies from overriding or bypassing state and local land-use, zoning, siting, and permitting decisions for data centers built on non-federal land.
Read the full bill text →HB10102In CommitteeantiUpdated Aug 13, 2026
Data Center Community Reinvestment Act of 2026
The Data Center Community Reinvestment Act of 2026 would impose a federal excise tax of 1 cent per kilowatt-hour on electricity consumed by data centers with a power capacity exceeding 1 megawatt, directly increasing operating costs for the industry.
Read the full bill text →HR1471In CommitteeantiUpdated Aug 3, 2026
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every American and community impacted by the construction or operation of an artificial intelligence data center should have the right to transparency and local autonomy.
H. Res. 1471 is a non-binding resolution expressing the House's sense that communities affected by artificial intelligence data center development should have extensive rights to local control and transparency, including the ability to ban facilities near residential areas, reject proposed projects through community processes, and prevent state preemption of local regulations.
Read the full bill text →HB10041In CommitteeneutralUpdated Aug 3, 2026
Smart Data Center Policy Act
The Smart Data Center Policy Act would direct the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to conduct a comprehensive study examining the feasibility and implications of locating data centers at or near military installations, airports, rail hubs, air cargo facilities, air traffic control facilities, and industrial zones across the United States.
Read the full bill text →HB10005In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 30, 2026
Data Center Resource Disclosure Act
The Data Center Resource Disclosure Act would direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to conduct annual surveys requesting data center operators across the United States to voluntarily report their energy and water consumption over the preceding year.
Read the full bill text →HB10004In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 30, 2026
Defending Our Energy and Water Act
The Defending Our Energy and Water Act would amend federal law to require that new data centers operated by the federal government incorporate water resource protection requirements and use the most water-efficient cooling systems available.
Read the full bill text →SB5199In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 30, 2026
GRID Savings Act of 2026 Guarding Ratepayers from Increased Demand-costs Savings Act of 2026
The GRID Savings Act of 2026 would amend the Federal Power Act to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) explicit authority over the interconnection procedures for large electricity loads connecting to the power transmission system.
Read the full bill text →HB9825In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 22, 2026
Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026
The Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026 would require large data center operators to submit annual reports on their energy and water consumption to state governments or, if a state lacks its own data collection program, to the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, and Department of Agriculture.
Read the full bill text →SB5054In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Data Center Tax Accountability and Disclosure Act of 2026
The Data Center Tax Accountability and Disclosure Act of 2026 would eliminate a significant federal tax benefit for artificial intelligence data centers while requiring operators to disclose detailed information about their electricity and water consumption.
Read the full bill text →HB9939In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 21, 2026
No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands Act
The No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands Act, introduced in July 2026 by Representatives Tlaib, McGovern, Grijalva, Ramirez, Pocan, and Watson Coleman, would establish a comprehensive prohibition on the construction and operation of artificial intelligence data centers on all federally owned or managed land across the United States.
Read the full bill text →HB9777In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 20, 2026
Protecting Ratepayers Act
The Protecting Ratepayers Act would require all data centers with a power demand of 5 megawatts or more to operate entirely independently from public electricity grids and municipal water systems, with a compliance deadline of 180 days after enactment for both existing and newly built facilities.
Read the full bill text →SB5028In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 16, 2026
Ratepayer Protection Act
The Ratepayer Protection Act would amend federal utility regulation to require large data centers to pay the full cost of electricity infrastructure upgrades needed to serve them, rather than spreading these costs across all ratepayers.
Read the full bill text →HB9655In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 13, 2026
FAIR Data Act Fair Allocation of Infrastructure Responsibility for Data Act
The FAIR Data Act would amend federal utility regulation to prohibit investor-owned electric utilities from passing data center infrastructure costs on to residential and small business customers.
Read the full bill text →HB9629In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 9, 2026
Protecting Communities from Data Center Impacts Act of 2026
The Protecting Communities from Data Center Impacts Act of 2026 would direct the Environmental Protection Agency to commission the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a comprehensive assessment of how data centers affect the environment and public health.
Read the full bill text →HB9442In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 24, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act
The Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act would prohibit the construction of new data centers in the United States until Congress enacts legislation to safeguard the public from artificial intelligence risks.
Read the full bill text →HB9419In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 24, 2026
Power and Water for Families Act of 2026
The Power and Water for Families Act of 2026 is a federal bill that would establish new cost-allocation rules for large electrical load customers, particularly data centers and artificial intelligence computing facilities.
Read the full bill text →HB9372In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jun 18, 2026
Data Infrastructure Energy Measurement and Standards Act
The Data Infrastructure Energy Measurement and Standards Act directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop standardized best practices and methodologies for measuring energy and water consumption in data centers, including the power demands of artificial intelligence model training and inference operations.
Read the full bill text →SB4806In CommitteeproUpdated Jun 17, 2026
POWER Up Act Promoting Oversight of Wholesale Energy Reliability Act
The POWER Up Act would amend the Federal Power Act to establish clear Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over the direct interconnection of large load facilities, defined as those with peak electricity demand of 100 megawatts or greater, to the interstate electric transmission system.
Read the full bill text →HB9262In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 11, 2026
Local Control Protection Act
The Local Control Protection Act would significantly restrict data center development by strengthening local government authority over zoning decisions and conditioning federal tax incentives on compliance with community benefit agreements.
Read the full bill text →SB4727In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jun 9, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026
The Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026 would direct the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a comprehensive study on the environmental effects of AI data centers and their supporting energy infrastructure, while also requiring the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a consortium focused on these impacts and tasking the EPA with developing a standardized reporting system for data center environmental data.
Read the full bill text →HB9183In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jun 8, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026
The Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026 would direct the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a comprehensive study on the environmental effects of AI data centers and their associated energy infrastructure, while also requiring the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a consortium focused on these same environmental impacts.
Read the full bill text →SB4693In CommitteeproUpdated Jun 4, 2026
NEW HORIZON Act Nodes, Enterprise Workloads, and Hybrid Operations, Resilience, Integration, Zero-Trust, Orbital Networks Act
The NEW HORIZON Act would require the Department of Defense to establish an operational pilot program testing commercially available orbital data center services and space-based cloud computing capabilities for national security missions.
Read the full bill text →HB9019In CommitteeneutralUpdated May 22, 2026
POWER Act Public Oversight of Water and Energy Reporting Act
The POWER Act would require the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, to submit detailed reports to Congress on energy and water consumption by data centers covered under federal permitting streamlining initiatives.
Read the full bill text →SB4559In CommitteeantiUpdated May 18, 2026
Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act of 2026
The Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act of 2026 would amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish new regulations governing how large load facilities, particularly data centers, interconnect with the nation's electricity transmission system.
Read the full bill text →HB8711In CommitteeneutralUpdated May 7, 2026
Data Infrastructure Risk Reduction Act
The Data Infrastructure Risk Reduction Act would require the Secretary of Homeland Security, working through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and potentially the Department of Defense, to develop a comprehensive federal strategy for protecting data centers from cyberattacks and safeguarding surrounding communities within 180 days of enactment.
Read the full bill text →HB8488In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 23, 2026
AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026
The AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026 would require developers of artificial intelligence-focused data centers to publicly disclose their project plans, locations, and estimated environmental impacts at least 180 days before they take significant steps to begin construction or operation.
Read the full bill text →HB8241In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 9, 2026
Power for the People Act of 2026
The Power for the People Act of 2026 seeks to shift the financial burden of data center development away from general electricity consumers and onto data center operators themselves.
Read the full bill text →SB4213In CommitteeneutralUpdated Mar 25, 2026
Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026
The Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026, introduced by Senator Durbin on March 25, 2026, would require data center operators to submit annual reports on their energy and water consumption to state governments or, if a state lacks its own data collection program, to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture.
Read the full bill text →SB4214In CommitteeantiUpdated Mar 25, 2026
Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act
The Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act (S. 4214), introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders in March 2026, would impose a pause on the construction of new data centers until Congress enacts legislation to address AI safety risks.
Read the full bill text →SCR30In CommitteeneutralUpdated Mar 25, 2026
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Ratepayer Protection Pledge announced on March 4, 2026, reflects sound national policy to protect ratepayers in the United States, promote electricity affordability, and ensure that all people of the United States, including households, small businesses, schools, hospitals, and farms, have access to reliable and affordable energy as artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure expands across the United States.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 30 expresses Congress's support for the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, a voluntary commitment signed by major technology companies including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI on March 4, 2026, to negotiate separate electricity rate structures with utilities and state governments for their data centers rather than spreading infrastructure costs across all ratepayers.
Read the full bill text →HB8037In CommitteeproUpdated Mar 24, 2026
Protect American AI Act of 2026
The Protect American AI Act of 2026 would substantially limit legal challenges to data center permits and environmental reviews by preventing courts from invalidating permits even when environmental reviews violate federal law, instead requiring agencies to fix violations while permits remain in effect.
Read the full bill text →HB8033In CommitteeantiUpdated Mar 20, 2026
No Harm Data Centers Act
The No Harm Data Centers Act, introduced in the House on March 20, 2026, and currently referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authority to set electricity rates for data centers over 50 megawatts in peak demand, ensuring those rates reflect the full costs of grid infrastructure upgrades and new generation capacity needed to support them.
Read the full bill text →HB7858In CommitteeantiUpdated Mar 5, 2026
Data Center Community Impact Act
The Data Center Community Impact Act would require the Secretary of Energy, working with the EPA and other federal agencies, to conduct a comprehensive study examining how data centers affect communities of color and low-income communities across multiple environmental and economic dimensions.
Read the full bill text →SB3852In CommitteeantiUpdated Feb 11, 2026
GRID Act Guaranteeing Rate Insulation from Data Centers Act
The GRID Act, introduced in the Senate in February 2026, would require private data centers using 20 megawatts or more of power to generate all their energy from independent sources rather than drawing from the electrical grid, with a 180-day implementation deadline for new facilities.
Read the full bill text →SB3682In CommitteeantiUpdated Jan 15, 2026
Power for the People Act of 2026
The Power for the People Act of 2026 is a Senate bill that seeks to protect residential and business electricity consumers from bearing the costs of infrastructure upgrades needed to accommodate rapid growth in data center energy demand.
Read the full bill text →HB7066In CommitteeantiUpdated Jan 14, 2026
SHIELD Act Stopping Hikes In Electricity from Large Load Demands Act
The SHIELD Act would amend federal utility law to classify large load facilities (those exceeding 75 megawatts in peak demand) as a distinct class of electric consumers and impose new cost-recovery and operational requirements on utilities serving them.
Read the full bill text →HB6984In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jan 8, 2026
Data Center Transparency Act
The Data Center Transparency Act would require the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Information Administration to publish regular public reports detailing the environmental and energy impacts of data centers operating in the United States.
Read the full bill text →HB6983In CommitteeantiUpdated Jan 8, 2026
PRICE Act Preventing Rate Inflation in Consumer Energy Act
The Preventing Rate Inflation in Consumer Energy Act (PRICE Act), introduced in January 2026 by Representatives Menendez and Casar, would require all U.S. data centers consuming at least 50 megawatts daily to generate 100 percent of their electricity consumption from on-site or owned sources.
Read the full bill text →HB6879In CommitteeneutralNewUpdated Dec 18, 2025
RESTRICT Act Restoring Export and Security Trade Restrictions for Integrated Circuit Technologies Act
The RESTRICT Act, introduced in December 2025 and currently referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, would establish new export controls on advanced semiconductor chips specifically designed for data centers. The bill would prohibit U.S.
Read the full bill text →HB6529In CommitteeneutralUpdated Dec 9, 2025
Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act
The Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act would require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to convene a technical conference within 90 days of enactment to examine rate structures and strategies that could insulate residential and small commercial customers from cost increases tied to large electricity consumers, particularly artificial intelligence data centers.
Read the full bill text →HB6179In CommitteeantiNewUpdated Nov 20, 2025
Clean Cloud Act of 2025
The Clean Cloud Act of 2025 would amend the Clean Air Act to establish new federal oversight of data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities, requiring them to collect and report detailed electricity consumption data to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Information Administration.
Read the full bill text →HB5927In CommitteeproNewUpdated Nov 7, 2025
Securing Reliable Power for Advanced Technologies Act
The Securing Reliable Power for Advanced Technologies Act would amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to designate large artificial intelligence data center projects as priority national defense projects, potentially accelerating their federal permitting process.
Read the full bill text →HB5227In CommitteeneutralUpdated Sep 9, 2025
Unleashing Low-Cost Rural AI Act
The Unleashing Low-Cost Rural AI Act would authorize the Department of Energy to commission a comprehensive study on how artificial intelligence and data center development affect U.S. energy resources, with particular focus on rural and remote areas.
Read the full bill text →Alabama Alabama page →
SB 265In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 9, 2026
Tax abatements for data processing centers, exemption period limited, collection of certain taxes on purchases required, sunset date extended
Senate Bill 265 would modify Alabama's tax incentive program for data processing centers by imposing new restrictions and tax collection requirements on the industry beginning January 1, 2027.
Read the full bill text →SB 270EnactedantiUpdated Apr 17, 2026
Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for
Alabama's Senate Bill 270, which has been enacted, establishes new requirements for the Public Service Commission's review of electricity contracts between utilities and large data centers requiring at least 150 megawatts of power.
Read the full bill text →HB 399EnactedantiUpdated Apr 17, 2026
Tax abatements for data processing centers, exemption period limited, collection of certain taxes on purchases required, sunset date extended
Alabama's HB 399 modifies the state's tax incentive program for data processing centers by implementing new restrictions and tax obligations effective January 1, 2027.
Read the full bill text →Alaska Alaska page →
SB 250In CommitteeantiUpdated May 18, 2026
An Act relating to data centers; and relating to utility service for data centers.
Senate Bill 250 would require Alaska electric and gas utilities to assign all data center-specific infrastructure and variable costs directly to the data center customer rather than spreading those costs across their general ratepayer base.
Read the full bill text →HCR 28IntroducedneutralUpdated May 18, 2026
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 250, relating to data centers; and relating to utility service for data centers.
House Concurrent Resolution 28 is a procedural measure that suspends four specific rules of the Alaska State Legislature to allow for the consideration of Senate Bill 250, which addresses data centers and utility service provisions for data center operations.
Read the full bill text →Arizona Arizona page →
HB 2456FailedproUpdated Jun 9, 2026
small modular reactors; zoning; co-location
House Bill 2456 would amend Arizona county zoning law to prohibit counties from restricting or regulating small modular reactors when they are constructed alongside large industrial energy users such as data centers.
Read the full bill text →Arkansas Arkansas page →
HR 1011FailedantiUpdated Apr 29, 2026
TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NONAPPROPRIATION BILL TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023 AND TO AMEND THE UNIFORM MONEY SERVICES ACT.
This Arkansas bill would eliminate a regulatory exemption that currently allows digital asset mining operations to operate without obtaining money transmitter licenses under state law.
Read the full bill text →SR 10FailedantiUpdated Apr 29, 2026
TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NONAPPROPRIATION BILL TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023 AND TO AMEND THE UNIFORM MONEY SERVICES ACT.
Arkansas Senate Resolution 10 would have repealed a regulatory exemption that currently allows digital asset mining operations to operate without obtaining money transmitter licenses under state law.
Read the full bill text →California California page →
SB 978In CommitteeneutralUpdated May 14, 2026
Data centers: labor: electricity rates.
The full text of this California bill was not available for this summary, which is based solely on the bill title and its most recent legislative action. The bill addresses three interconnected issues affecting data centers in California: labor standards, electricity rates, and data center operations or development.
Read the full bill text →AB 2469EnactedantiUpdated Sep 21, 2026
Data centers: water use disclosures.
The full text of this bill was not available for this summary. Based on the title and legislative action, California Assembly Bill 436 (2026) requires data centers to disclose their water usage, likely through mandatory reporting to state regulators or the public.
Read the full bill text →AB 2619EnactedneutralUpdated Sep 21, 2026
Water resources: data centers.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based solely on the bill's title and its enactment status. Assembly Bill 437, chaptered in 2026, addresses the intersection of water resources and data center operations in California, suggesting it establishes or modifies rules governing how data centers use, manage, or report on water consumption.
Read the full bill text →SB 1168EnactedneutralUpdated Sep 21, 2026
Data centers: rate structures.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based solely on its title and legislative history. Senate Bill 440, chaptered in 2026, addresses rate structures applicable to data centers in California, indicating the legislation establishes or modifies how utilities or other service providers charge data center facilities for their services.
Read the full bill text →SB 887EnactedproUpdated Sep 21, 2026
California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based on the bill's title and legislative history.
Read the full bill text →AB 1577EnactedneutralUpdated Sep 21, 2026
Data centers: reporting.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based on the bill's title and legislative history. Based on its title, Chapter 434 appears to establish or modify reporting requirements for data centers operating in California, likely mandating that facilities disclose certain operational, environmental, or financial information to state agencies or the public.
Read the full bill text →AB 2383EnactedneutralUpdated Sep 21, 2026
Electricity: data centers.
The full text of this bill was not available at the time of this summary. Based on its title and legislative history, California Chapter 435, Statutes of 2026 addresses the relationship between electricity and data centers in the state.
Read the full bill text →Colorado Colorado page →
HB 1246FailedproUpdated Apr 30, 2026
Consumer-Regulated Electric Utilities
House Bill 26-1246 would create a new category of "consumer-regulated electric utility" in Colorado that would allow data centers and other large nonresidential facilities to build and operate their own private electricity systems without oversight from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
Read the full bill text →HB 1030FailedproUpdated May 7, 2026
Data Center & Utility Modernization
House Bill 26-1030 would create a new Colorado Data Center Development Authority within the state's Office of Economic Development to oversee a data center incentive program designed to attract large-scale data center investments to the state.
Read the full bill text →SB 102FailedantiUpdated May 11, 2026
Large-Load Data Centers
Colorado Senate Bill 26-102 would establish substantial operational and financial requirements for large-load data centers, defined as new facilities with peak loads exceeding 30 megawatts or existing facilities adding 30 megawatts or more in capacity.
Read the full bill text →Delaware Delaware page →
SB 312Passed ChamberneutralUpdated Jun 24, 2026
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9, TITLE 22, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DATA CENTERS.
The full text of this Delaware data center bill was not available for this summary.
Read the full bill text →SB 353In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based solely on the bill's title and legislative action. SB 353 would amend Delaware law to establish or modify a moratorium on data center development in the state, effectively restricting new data center construction or expansion during the period the moratorium is in effect.
Read the full bill text →Florida Florida page →
SB 484EnactedantiUpdated May 8, 2026
Data Centers
Florida's SB 484, which became Chapter No. 2026-65, enacts comprehensive regulations affecting data center development across multiple sectors of state and local governance.
Read the full bill text →Hawaii Hawaii page →
HR 196In CommitteeneutralUpdated Apr 9, 2026
REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS ON HAWAII'S ELECTRIC UTILITIES, RATEPAYERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND CLIMATE GOALS.
Hawaii House Resolution 196 requests the state's Energy Office to establish a working group to study how large data centers might affect the state's electrical grid, costs to consumers, water supplies, and climate commitments.
Read the full bill text →SCR 95In CommitteeneutralUpdated Apr 10, 2026
REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS ON HAWAII'S ELECTRIC UTILITIES, RATEPAYERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND CLIMATE GOALS.
This concurrent resolution asks Hawaii's State Energy Office to establish a working group to study how large data centers could affect the state's power grid, electricity costs, water resources, and climate commitments.
Read the full bill text →HCR 206Passed ChamberneutralUpdated Apr 27, 2026
REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS ON HAWAII'S ELECTRIC UTILITIES, RATEPAYERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND CLIMATE GOALS.
Hawaii House Concurrent Resolution 206 requests the Hawaii State Energy Office to establish a working group to examine the potential impacts of large data centers on the state's electricity system, ratepayers, natural resources, and climate objectives.
Read the full bill text →SR 90EnactedneutralUpdated May 12, 2026
REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS ON HAWAII'S ELECTRIC UTILITIES, RATEPAYERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND CLIMATE GOALS.
This Hawaii Senate resolution requests the State Energy Office to establish a working group to study how large data centers would affect the state's electric grid, utility ratepayers, water resources, and climate commitments.
Read the full bill text →Idaho Idaho page →
H 897In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 2, 2026
TAXATION – Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a certain property tax exemption for certain capital investments.
House Bill 897 amends Idaho's sales and property tax exemptions for data center equipment and facilities, substantially narrowing benefits that were previously available to the industry.
Read the full bill text →H 895EnactedantiUpdated Apr 2, 2026
DATA CENTERS – Adds to existing law to establish limitations on consumptive use of water for cooling certain data centers.
Idaho's House Bill 895, signed by the governor on April 2, 2026, restricts water use by data centers beginning construction after July 1, 2026, by limiting their cooling water sources exclusively to municipal, water district, or water and sewer district systems.
Read the full bill text →Illinois Illinois page →
HB 5755In CommitteeantiUpdated May 5, 2026
MUNI CD-DATA CENTER REFERENDUM
HB5755 would establish new procedural requirements for data center siting approvals in Illinois municipalities by mandating at least one public hearing before approval and creating a "back-door referendum" mechanism allowing 15 percent of local voters to trigger a public ballot measure on any data center application.
Read the full bill text →SB 4206In CommitteeantiUpdated May 18, 2026
LOC GOVT-DATA CENTER
SB4206 would grant Illinois counties and municipalities significant new authority to regulate data center development through local ordinances, establishing standards for facility size, height, design, and the number of facilities allowed in a geographic area.
Read the full bill text →SB 3120In CommitteeneutralUpdated May 22, 2026
DCEO-DATA CENTERS
SB3120 adds a water stewardship documentation requirement to Illinois's existing data center tax incentive program, which provides sales tax exemptions and income tax credits to qualifying facilities.
Read the full bill text →SB 3830In CommitteeantiUpdated May 22, 2026
DATA CENTERS-VARIOUS
Senate Bill 3830 would subject Illinois data centers to new environmental monitoring and renewable energy requirements starting January 1, 2027. The legislation mandates that all data centers discharging water to treatment facilities must identify and monitor likely pollutants in their water discharge and maintain records of pollutant levels, with the state Environmental Protection Agency analyzing this data.
Read the full bill text →SB 3761In CommitteeantiUpdated May 22, 2026
DATA CENTERS-VARIOUS
Senate Bill 3761 establishes new regulatory and reporting requirements for data centers operating in Illinois, effective January 1, 2027.
Read the full bill text →SB 2181In CommitteeneutralUpdated May 22, 2026
DATA CENTER REPORTING
Illinois Senate Bill 2181 would require all data centers operating in the state to report their annual energy and water consumption to the Illinois Power Agency beginning January 1, 2026, with reports due by March 31 each year.
Read the full bill text →SB 4016IntroducedantiUpdated May 30, 2026
HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS
SB4016, introduced in February 2026 by Senator Ram Villivalam and recently joined by Senator Karina Villa as a co-sponsor, would establish comprehensive new regulations governing hyperscale data centers across Illinois by amending multiple environmental and energy statutes.
Read the full bill text →SB 4203IntroducedantiUpdated Jun 17, 2026
DCEO-DATA CENTERS
Senate Bill 4203, introduced by Sen. Sue Rezin in May 2026, would amend Illinois data center incentive law by requiring data center operators to enter into community benefit agreements with their host municipalities or counties as a condition of receiving and maintaining tax exemption certificates.
Read the full bill text →SB 3578IntroducedantiUpdated Jul 1, 2026
DATA CENTERS-FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
Senate Bill 3578, titled the "Data Center Construction by Foreign Adversaries Act," would prohibit foreign-owned companies from constructing data centers in Illinois unless they obtain joint certification from three state agencies: the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Power Agency, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Read the full bill text →HB 5513IntroducedantiUpdated Aug 26, 2026
HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS
HB5513 would establish comprehensive new environmental, water, and energy regulations specifically targeting hyperscale data centers in Illinois by amending multiple state statutes including the Environmental Protection Act and Energy Efficient Building Act.
Read the full bill text →HB 5826IntroducedneutralNewUpdated Oct 19, 2026
DATA CENTER ENERGY ACCOUNT
The full text of this Illinois bill was not available at the time of this summary. Based on its title alone, the Data Center Energy Account appears to relate to how energy consumption or costs associated with data centers are tracked, allocated, or managed, though the bill's specific purpose cannot be determined without reviewing the actual legislative language. The bill was filed by Rep.
Read the full bill text →Iowa Iowa page →
SSB 3181In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 14, 2026
A bill for an act making certain sales and use tax exemptions relating to nuclear electric generation facilities, web search portal businesses, and data center businesses contingent upon making contributions to institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents.
Senate File 2498 would make existing Iowa sales and use tax exemptions for data centers, web search portal businesses, and nuclear electric generation facilities conditional upon annual contributions to higher education institutions governed by the state board of regents.
Read the full bill text →Kansas Kansas page →
SB 92Sent to GovernorneutralUpdated Apr 9, 2026
Extending the expiration date for provisions that authorize an electric utility to not offer parallel generation service to certain large load customers and exempt certain large load customers from the determination of the utility's peak demand.
Senate Bill 92 extends the expiration date for existing Kansas statutory provisions that allow electric utilities to deny parallel generation service to certain large load customers and exempt those customers from contributing to the utility's peak demand calculations. The bill amends K.S.A. 2025 Supp.
Read the full bill text →SB 81FailedantiUpdated Apr 10, 2026
Prohibiting large facilities receiving certain tariffs or failing to meet workforce and electric demand requirements from qualifying for economic development electric rates.
Senate Bill 81 would amend Kansas law governing economic development electric rates by imposing new restrictions on large industrial facilities, particularly data centers.
Read the full bill text →SB 531FailedantiUpdated Apr 10, 2026
Prohibiting the development or operation of any new large load data center in a county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years.
Senate Bill 531 would have prohibited the installation, construction, and operation of new large load data centers (those requiring 10 megawatts or more of electrical power) in any Kansas county that has had a drought emergency declared within the preceding three years.
Read the full bill text →HB 2664FailedproUpdated Apr 10, 2026
Establishing the private energy campus and industrial host-site electric generation act to authorize the provision of energy services to private enterprises located on a private energy campus.
Kansas House Bill 2664 would establish a "private energy campus" framework that exempts data centers and other industrial facilities from standard public utility regulations when they generate and use their own electricity on contiguous private property.
Read the full bill text →SB 526FailedantiUpdated Apr 10, 2026
Requiring data centers to be located on land that was zoned for industrial or manufacturing uses or was not zoned on July 1, 2025, to qualify for the sales tax exemption for qualified data centers.
Senate Bill 526 would have restricted Kansas's sales tax exemption for data center construction to only those projects built on land that was already zoned for industrial or manufacturing uses as of July 1, 2025.
Read the full bill text →SB 400FailedantiUpdated Apr 10, 2026
Requiring data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems to mitigate water consumption.
Senate Bill 400 would have prohibited large data centers in Kansas (those with a monthly maximum electrical demand of 20 megawatts or more) from using open-loop cooling systems, which release water vapor directly into the atmosphere, and would have required them to use closed-loop cooling systems instead.
Read the full bill text →Louisiana Louisiana page →
HB 1206In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 1, 2026
WATER/DRINKING WATER: Provides relative to permitting and reporting of water usage at data centers
Louisiana House Bill 1206 would establish new permitting and reporting requirements for data centers that consume more than 100 million gallons of water annually, representing a significant regulatory shift for the data center industry in the state.
Read the full bill text →Maryland Maryland page →
HB 293EnactedneutralUpdated Apr 14, 2026
Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization
House Bill 293 authorizes the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center to share student and workforce data with third-party data centers for multistate reporting and data matching purposes, provided those centers meet specified security and compliance requirements.
Read the full bill text →SB 56EnactedneutralUpdated Apr 14, 2026
Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization
Senate Bill 56 authorizes Maryland's Longitudinal Data System Center to share student and workforce data with third-party data centers for multistate research and reporting purposes, establishing formal governance procedures and compliance requirements for such data sharing arrangements.
Read the full bill text →Michigan Michigan page →
HB 5786In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 15, 2026
Labor: employment preference; prioritization of local union labor; require for the construction of enterprise data centers. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5785'26, HB 5787'26
House Bill 5786, introduced in Michigan in April 2026, would require that all construction contracts for enterprise data centers include mandatory labor provisions prioritizing local union workers and apprentices.
Read the full bill text →HB 5785In CommitteeproUpdated Apr 15, 2026
Use tax: exemptions; compliance with enterprise data center construction labor act; require. Amends sec. 4cc of 1937 PA 94 (MCL 205.94cc). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5786'26, HB 5787'26
House Bill 5785 would extend and expand Michigan's use tax exemption for data center equipment, a significant financial incentive for the industry. The bill maintains an existing exemption for equipment used in qualified data centers through 2050, while creating a new extended exemption through 2065 for "enterprise data centers" located on brownfield sites or former power plant properties.
Read the full bill text →HB 5790In CommitteeproUpdated Apr 15, 2026
Local government: financing; requirements for enterprise data centers; modify. Amends sec. 4ee of 1933 PA 167 (MCL 205.54ee).
House Bill 5790 amends Michigan's sales tax law to extend and expand tax exemptions on equipment purchases for data centers through 2050, and through 2065 for facilities located on brownfield sites or former power plant properties.
Read the full bill text →HB 5777In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 15, 2026
Businesses: other; large-scale data center life cycle financial responsibility act; create. Creates new act.
House Bill 5777, introduced in Michigan on April 14, 2026, would establish comprehensive state regulation of large-scale data centers through a new "Large-Scale Data Center Life Cycle Financial Responsibility Act." The bill defines large-scale data centers as facilities with at least 5 megawatts of critical information technology load or 25,000 square feet of building space, excluding certain institutional and…
Read the full bill text →HB 5791In CommitteeproUpdated Apr 15, 2026
Use tax: other; requirements for enterprise data centers; modify. Amends sec. 4cc of 1937 PA 94 (MCL 205.94cc).
House Bill 5791 would extend and expand Michigan's use tax exemptions for data center equipment, removing the sales tax burden on specialized equipment purchases and construction materials used in data center operations.
Read the full bill text →HB 5776In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 15, 2026
Property tax: exemptions; exemption of certain facilities of a public university; prohibit if used solely to operate a data center. Amends sec. 7n of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.7n).
Michigan House Bill 5776 would modify the state's property tax exemption law to explicitly prohibit tax-exempt status for data center facilities operated by public universities.
Read the full bill text →HB 5787In CommitteeproUpdated Apr 15, 2026
Sales tax: exemptions; compliance with enterprise data center construction labor act; require. Amends sec. 4ee of 1933 PA 167 (MCL 205.54ee). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5785'26, HB 5786'26
This Michigan bill amends the state's sales tax law to establish and expand exemptions on equipment purchases for data center operations, covering both existing "qualified data centers" and new "enterprise data centers" that obtain special certificates from the Michigan Strategic Fund.
Read the full bill text →HB 5849In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 23, 2026
Businesses: other; cyber-physical security and operational technology protections for data centers; provide for. Creates new act.
House Bill 5849, introduced in Michigan on April 22, 2026, would impose mandatory cybersecurity and physical security requirements on data center operators throughout the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 5846In CommitteeneutralUpdated Apr 23, 2026
Land use: zoning and growth management; zoning overlay districts for data centers; provide for. Creates new act.
House Bill 5846, introduced in Michigan on April 22, 2026, would create a new law allowing local governments to establish "data center overlay districts" as a zoning tool to manage the impacts of data center facilities within their jurisdictions.
Read the full bill text →HB 5881In CommitteeneutralUpdated Apr 28, 2026
Local government: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center planning and responsibility act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5882'26
House Bill 5881 would amend Michigan's zoning enabling act to make local zoning ordinances subject to a "data center planning and responsibility act," though the specific provisions of that referenced act are not included in this bill excerpt.
Read the full bill text →HB 5882In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 28, 2026
Local government: other; requirements for a moratorium imposed by a local unit of government on large-scale data centers or cryptocurrency mining facilities; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5881'26
House Bill 5882, titled the "Data Center Planning and Responsibility Act," would establish strict procedural and substantive requirements that local governments must follow before imposing moratoriums on large-scale data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities in Michigan.
Read the full bill text →HB 5982In CommitteeantiUpdated May 19, 2026
Public utilities: other; contracts to service data centers; require to be treated as a contested case. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 6bb.
House Bill 5982 would amend Michigan's utility regulation law to require that any contract between a utility company and a large-load data center offering preferential rates must undergo formal contested case proceedings before it can take effect.
Read the full bill text →SB 1020In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 4, 2026
Public utilities: public service commission; moratorium on approvals by the Michigan public service commission of any new enterprise data centers; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii.
Senate Bill 1020 would impose a moratorium on the Michigan Public Service Commission's authority to approve any contracts, tariffs, discounts, or rates between electric utilities and qualified data centers, effective immediately upon passage and lasting until April 1, 2027.
Read the full bill text →SB 1019In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jun 4, 2026
Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center regulation act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1018'26
Senate Bill 1019 would amend Michigan's zoning enabling act to add the data center regulation act to a list of state laws that supersede local zoning ordinances. Currently, Michigan law already exempts certain infrastructure projects from local zoning control, including electric transmission lines, wireless communications facilities, and renewable energy projects.
Read the full bill text →SB 1018In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 4, 2026
Businesses: other; moratorium on certain approvals for and operation of any new data centers; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1019'26
Senate Bill 1018 would impose a statewide moratorium on new data center approvals and operations in Michigan from its effective date through April 1, 2027.
Read the full bill text →HB 6135In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Public utilities: rates; large load commercial rates for data centers; establish. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26
House Bill 6135 would require Michigan's Public Service Commission to establish special electricity rates for data centers within 180 days of the bill becoming law, with rates structured around five key requirements: mandatory 15-year contracts with utilities, minimum monthly charges based on at least 60 percent of contracted demand regardless of actual usage, early termination fees calculated as the monthly charge…
Read the full bill text →HB 6138In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Businesses: other; data center water usage requirements; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26
House Bill 6138, introduced on June 25, 2026, would establish Michigan's "Data Center Water Regulation Act," creating strict requirements for how data centers in the state can source and use water for cooling operations.
Read the full bill text →HB 6142In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Businesses: other; requirements for data center decommissioning, dismantling, and remediation; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10jj. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6139'26
House Bill 6142 would require Michigan's Public Service Commission to mandate comprehensive decommissioning plans before approving any electricity tariff, rate agreement, or contract between data centers and electric utilities.
Read the full bill text →HB 6140In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Public employees and officers: other; nondisclosure agreements related to the construction of data centers; prohibit. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26
House Bill 6140, the "Data Center Transparency Act," would prohibit elected officials in Michigan political subdivisions from signing nondisclosure agreements with data center owners when a municipality offers tax incentives to attract a facility.
Read the full bill text →HB 6137In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Businesses: other; community benefit agreements; require certain data centers to be subject to. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6136'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26
House Bill 6137, introduced in Michigan on June 25, 2026, would require data center developers to negotiate and obtain approval of community benefit agreements from both local governments and the state Public Service Commission before beginning any construction or operation.
Read the full bill text →HB 6141In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Public utilities: electric utilities; project labor agreements; require for certain data center contracts. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10kk. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26
House Bill 6141 would amend Michigan's Public Utilities Act to require that all construction and construction maintenance work on data center projects receiving electric utility contracts, tariffs, discounts, or rates approved by the Public Service Commission must be performed under either a project labor agreement or a collective bargaining agreement.
Read the full bill text →HB 6136In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center community benefit agreement act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6137'26
House Bill 6136 would amend Michigan's zoning enabling act to make local zoning ordinances subject to a "data center community benefit agreement act," a referenced law whose specific provisions are not included in this bill excerpt.
Read the full bill text →HB 6139In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Construction: permits; acoustic engineering report for data center; require to receive building permit. Amends 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1501 - 125.1531) by adding sec. 10a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26
House Bill 6139 would require applicants seeking building permits for data centers in Michigan to submit a comprehensive acoustic engineering report prepared by a licensed professional engineer.
Read the full bill text →SB 762In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 1, 2026
Energy: other; energy and water usage report requirements for data centers; provide for. Amends sec. 5a of 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.5a).
Michigan Senate Bill 762 would require the state's Public Service Commission to publish annual reports containing detailed information about water and energy consumption at data centers operating in Michigan.
Read the full bill text →HB 6264IntroducedantiUpdated Aug 27, 2026
Businesses: other; clean and renewable energy requirements for data centers; provide for.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based on the bill title and its most recent legislative action. Based on its title, this Michigan legislation appears to establish clean and renewable energy requirements that would apply to data center operations within the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 6265IntroducedantiUpdated Aug 27, 2026
Businesses: other; water and electricity usage reporting requirements for data centers; provide for.
The full text of this Michigan bill was not available for review at the time of this summary. Based on the bill title and legislative history, the measure would establish mandatory reporting requirements for data centers to disclose their water and electricity usage to state authorities.
Read the full bill text →HB 6251IntroducedantiUpdated Aug 27, 2026
Businesses: other; energy infrastructure and thermal management evaluation requirements for certain data centers; provide for.
The full text of this Michigan bill was not available for this summary, so the following overview is based solely on the bill title and legislative action. The legislation appears to establish new evaluation requirements and thermal management standards that data center operators must follow during development and operation.
Read the full bill text →HB 6252IntroducedantiUpdated Aug 27, 2026
Businesses: other; thermal impact assessment requirements for certain data centers; provide for.
The full text of this Michigan bill was not available for this summary, so conclusions are based solely on its title and legislative history. The bill appears to require data center operators to conduct thermal impact assessments, a regulatory measure that would mandate evaluation of how these facilities affect surrounding temperature and environmental conditions.
Read the full bill text →SB 1048IntroducedantiUpdated Sep 10, 2026
Public utilities: electric utilities; project labor agreements and prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates; require for certain data center contracts. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based on the bill title and legislative action only. Introduced by Senator Veronica Klinefelt, this proposed Michigan legislation would amend the Public Utilities Act to require that certain data center construction contracts include project labor agreements and comply with prevailing wage and fringe benefit rate standards.
Read the full bill text →SB 1050IntroducedantiUpdated Sep 10, 2026
Businesses: other; community benefit agreements; require certain data centers to be subject to. Creates new act.
The full text of this bill was not available at the time of this summary, so the following overview is based solely on the bill's title and legislative history. The proposed legislation would create a new law requiring certain data centers operating in Michigan to enter into community benefit agreements as a condition of development or operation.
Read the full bill text →SB 1051IntroducedneutralUpdated Sep 10, 2026
Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center community benefit act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1050'26
The full text of this legislation was not available for review, so this summary is based solely on the bill's title and legislative history. The bill would amend Michigan's zoning enabling act to make it subject to a "data center community benefit act," suggesting an effort to create a regulatory framework that facilitates data center development while requiring developers to provide specified community benefits.
Read the full bill text →SB 1047IntroducedneutralUpdated Sep 10, 2026
Public utilities: rates; separate rate class for large-load customers; require. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii.
The full text of this Michigan bill was not available at the time of this summary. Based on the bill title and legislative history, the measure would amend Michigan's 1939 Public Utilities Act by adding a new section establishing a separate rate class specifically for large-load customers of public utilities.
Read the full bill text →SB 1179In CommitteeneutralUpdated Sep 10, 2026
Energy: other; reporting requirements for data centers; provide for. Creates new act.
The full text of this bill was not available at the time of this summary, so the following overview is based solely on the bill's title and its current status in the legislative process. The legislation would create a new act establishing reporting requirements for data centers operating in Michigan, a procedural measure that would mandate these facilities to submit information to state authorities.
Read the full bill text →HB 6391IntroducedantiUpdated Sep 29, 2026
Businesses: other; siting requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6388'26
Michigan House Bill 6391, titled the "Data Center Siting and Community Protection Act," would establish comprehensive new siting requirements and mandatory independent assessments for large-scale data centers in the state, defined as facilities with at least 25 megawatts of critical IT load or 50 megawatts of total electrical demand.
Read the full bill text →HB 6388IntroducedneutralUpdated Sep 29, 2026
Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center siting and community protection act. Amends sec. 205 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6391'26
House Bill 6388 would add "The data center siting and community protection act" to a list of state laws that local zoning ordinances must comply with in Michigan.
Read the full bill text →HB 6426In CommitteeantiUpdated Oct 1, 2026
Businesses: other; data center local decision protection act; create. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6427'26
The Data Center Local Decision Protection Act, introduced in Michigan's House in September 2026, would establish mandatory disclosure and public review requirements for large-scale data center projects, defined as facilities with 25 megawatts or more of computing capacity or 50 megawatts or higher electrical demand.
Read the full bill text →HB 6427In CommitteeproUpdated Oct 1, 2026
Businesses: other; Michigan zoning enabling act; make subject to the data center local decision protection act. Amends secs. 205 & 606 of 2006 PA 110 (MCL 125.3205 & 125.3606). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6426'26
House Bill 6427 would amend Michigan's zoning enabling act to subject local zoning ordinances and zoning board of appeals decisions to a "data center local decision protection act," a law that is referenced but not detailed in the bill excerpt provided.
Read the full bill text →Minnesota Minnesota page →
SF 3852IntroducedantiUpdated Apr 7, 2026
Certain users of large amounts of groundwater requirement to apply for their own water-use permit instead of modifying an existing municipal permit
SF 3852 would require large industrial and commercial water users, including data centers that consume over 100 million gallons annually, to obtain independent water-use permits rather than modifying existing municipal permits.
Read the full bill text →HF 2928IntroducedantiUpdated Apr 9, 2026
Preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects required, permit application information for large water appropriation projects added, level of environmental review for data centers specified, data centers exempted from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan, and other data center provisions modified.
HF 2928 is a Minnesota bill that creates new regulatory requirements and financial obligations for data centers operating in the state.
Read the full bill text →HF 4512IntroducedantiUpdated Apr 9, 2026
Public hearings and disclosures prior to approval of data center development required.
HF 4512 would require Minnesota municipalities to hold at least two public hearings before approving any rezoning petition or conditional use permit for data center construction, with one hearing dedicated solely to public information.
Read the full bill text →SF 5100In CommitteeproUpdated Apr 13, 2026
Data centers provisions modifications
SF 5100 is a comprehensive bill that provides multiple economic and regulatory benefits to data centers in Minnesota, including exemptions from solar energy standard calculations, sales tax exemptions on electricity purchases, fee waivers, and streamlined water appropriation review processes.
Read the full bill text →HF 4990In CommitteeproUpdated Apr 16, 2026
Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for certain data centers modified, data centers' electricity sales exempted in calculating a utility's solar energy standard, other data center exemptions provided, and data center energy generation redundancy provided.
HF 4990 is a comprehensive bill that modifies Minnesota's regulatory framework for data center development across multiple policy areas, including water appropriations, renewable energy standards, taxation, and energy infrastructure.
Read the full bill text →SF 5231IntroducedantiUpdated Apr 28, 2026
Data centers tax exemption repeal; contingent reduction in special education aid appropriation repeal
Senate File 5231 would repeal Minnesota's sales and use tax exemption for enterprise information technology equipment and computer software used in qualified data centers, a significant tax incentive that has encouraged data center development in the state.
Read the full bill text →HF 4888IntroducedantiUpdated May 5, 2026
New data center moratorium established, and Public Utility Commission required to submit a report.
HF 4888 would establish a statewide moratorium on new data center permits in Minnesota, prohibiting both state and local governments from issuing permits for data centers until one year after the Public Utility Commission submits a comprehensive report on data center development.
Read the full bill text →HF 4173IntroducedproUpdated May 6, 2026
Certain defined terms maintained, and data center exemptions modified.
HF 4173 modifies Minnesota's tax exemptions for data centers by creating a new category called "qualified large-scale data center" with a $250 million investment threshold and more flexible location requirements that allow facilities to span multiple physical locations rather than being confined to a single parcel.
Read the full bill text →HF 3793IntroducedantiUpdated May 13, 2026
Certain users of large amounts of groundwater required to apply for their own water-use permit instead of modifying an existing municipal permit.
HF 3793 modifies Minnesota's groundwater permitting rules to require large industrial and commercial water users, including data centers consuming more than 100 million gallons annually, to obtain their own standalone water-use permits rather than modifying existing municipal permits.
Read the full bill text →HF 5125IntroducedantiUpdated May 17, 2026
Data centers sales and use tax exemption repealed, and contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed.
Minnesota House File 5125 would eliminate a significant tax incentive for data center operations by repealing the sales and use tax exemption for enterprise information technology equipment and computer software used in qualified data centers.
Read the full bill text →Missouri Missouri page →
HB 3369In CommitteeantiUpdated May 15, 2026
Prohibits the issuance of permits for construction of data centers for one year in St. Louis
House Bill 3369 would impose a moratorium on data center construction permits in Missouri's independent cities until August 28, 2027, effectively pausing the acceptance, processing, and approval of any applications related to acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, or expanding data center facilities.
Read the full bill text →HB 2239In CommitteeantiUpdated May 15, 2026
Creates the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Environmental Accountability Act
Missouri House Bill 2239 would establish new environmental and operational requirements for artificial intelligence data centers with a capacity of 100 megawatts or higher, applying to facilities constructed or expanded after August 28, 2027, and to existing facilities that increase capacity by 25 percent or more.
Read the full bill text →HB 3390In CommitteeantiUpdated May 15, 2026
Creates new provisions related to the construction of data centers
Missouri House Bill 3390 would establish significant restrictions on the construction of hyperscale data centers, defined as facilities requiring at least 25 megawatts of power to operate.
Read the full bill text →Nebraska Nebraska page →
LB 468FailedantiUpdated Apr 17, 2026
Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers
LB468, introduced in Nebraska's 2025 legislative session, is a comprehensive revenue and taxation bill that would eliminate a sales tax exemption currently available to data centers operating in the state, along with removing the related statutory definition of data centers.
Read the full bill text →LB 1111FailedantiUpdated Apr 17, 2026
Require an annual data center load report to the Nebraska Power Review Board, provide powers and duties for public power suppliers, allow and require regulation of data centers, and change provisions relating to regulation of cryptocurrency mining operations
LB1111 would establish new regulatory requirements and authorities for data centers in Nebraska by requiring public power suppliers to file annual reports detailing data center loads, infrastructure costs, and stranded assets with the Nebraska Power Review Board, while also granting these suppliers explicit power to regulate large data centers (those consuming 20 megawatts or more of electricity).
Read the full bill text →LB 1131FailedantiUpdated Apr 17, 2026
Adopt the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act and eliminate personal property tax and sales and use tax exemptions relating to data centers
LB1131 is a Nebraska bill that would establish a new tax credit program for domestic violence and human trafficking service providers while simultaneously eliminating two existing tax exemptions that have made the state attractive for data center development.
Read the full bill text →New Hampshire
SB 439FailedantiUpdated May 14, 2026
relative to municipal data center zoning.
SB439 would authorize New Hampshire municipalities to regulate data centers in commercial and industrial zones through a comprehensive set of zoning and design standards.
Read the full bill text →New Jersey New Jersey page →
A 4945In CommitteeneutralUpdated May 7, 2026
Requires BPU to conduct study on environmental, infrastructural, and financial impacts of data center development in State.
Assembly Bill 4945 would require New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities to conduct a comprehensive study of data center development's effects on the state within twelve months of the bill's enactment.
Read the full bill text →S 4402In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 4, 2026
"Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act"; establishes Statewide framework concerning siting, land use approval, energy sourcing, water use, and environmental impacts of large load data center development.
The "Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act" would establish the first statewide regulatory framework in New Jersey to govern the siting and environmental impacts of large data centers with peak electrical loads of at least 25 megawatts.
Read the full bill text →S 4401In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jun 4, 2026
Requires BPU to conduct study on environmental, infrastructural, and financial impacts of data center development in State.
Senate Bill 4401 would require New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities to conduct a comprehensive study on the environmental, infrastructural, and financial impacts of data center development within the state, with findings due within twelve months of the bill's enactment.
Read the full bill text →A 5224In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 8, 2026
Requires data center developers to disclose certain information to public and elected officials before preliminary site plan consideration under MLUL.
Assembly Bill 5224, introduced in New Jersey in June 2026, would require data center developers to provide advance public disclosure of their projects at least 180 days before submitting preliminary site plans for municipal approval.
Read the full bill text →A 5294In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 18, 2026
"Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act"; establishes Statewide framework concerning siting, land use approval, energy sourcing, water use, and environmental impacts of large load data center development.
New Jersey's "Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act" would establish a comprehensive statewide regulatory framework requiring large data center developers to submit detailed resource impact statements to state agencies before they can apply for local zoning approval.
Read the full bill text →A 5165IntroducedantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
"End Data Center Tax Credits Act"; reduces tax credits available for Next New Jersey Program.*
The "End Data Center Tax Credits Act" would reshape New Jersey's tax incentive landscape by creating a shared $11.5 billion cap across multiple economic development programs over a nine-year period, including the Next New Jersey Program that provides tax credits for data center projects.
Read the full bill text →A 4096In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.
This New Jersey bill requires data center owners and operators to submit detailed water and energy usage reports to the Board of Public Utilities twice per year, beginning within three to six months of the law's effective date depending on when the facility began operations.
Read the full bill text →A 796EnactedantiUpdated Jul 7, 2026
Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.**
New Jersey's Assembly Bill 796, signed into law as P.L.2026, C.32, requires all electric public utilities in the state to develop special tariffs for large data centers consuming at least 100 megawatts of power monthly, with the aim of preventing such facilities from shifting infrastructure and operational costs onto residential and non-data center business ratepayers.
Read the full bill text →S 4390EnactedantiUpdated Aug 27, 2026
"End Data Center Tax Credits Act"; reduces tax credits available for Next New Jersey Program.*
The "End Data Center Tax Credits Act," passed as P.L.2026, c.77, restructures New Jersey's tax incentive programs by placing multiple economic development initiatives, including the Next New Jersey Program that covers data center incentives, under a unified $11.5 billion cap spanning nine years rather than allowing separate funding streams.
Read the full bill text →S 3379EnactedantiUpdated Aug 27, 2026
Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.
New Jersey's Senate Bill 3379, signed into law as P.L.2026, c.75, requires data center owners and operators to submit detailed water and energy usage reports to the Board of Public Utilities on a semi-annual basis for three years, with initial reports due within three to six months of enactment depending on operational history.
Read the full bill text →A 5397In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 10, 2026
Requires data centers to submit construction phase water usage plan to DEP.
Assembly Bill 5397 would require data center operators in New Jersey to submit a construction phase water usage plan to the Department of Environmental Protection and their local municipality at the same time they apply for local development approval.
Read the full bill text →A 5396In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 10, 2026
Requires data centers to submit water supply emergency contingency plan to DEP.
Assembly Bill 5396, introduced in New Jersey in September 2026, would require the owners and operators of large data centers to develop and submit water supply emergency contingency plans to the state Department of Environmental Protection and their local municipalities within one year of the law's effective date.
Read the full bill text →A 5373In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 10, 2026
Concerns noise abatement of data centers.
Assembly Bill 5373, introduced by Assemblyman Balvir Singh in September 2026, would establish mandatory noise control requirements for data center development in New Jersey.
Read the full bill text →A 5482In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 14, 2026
Establishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers; creates Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission.
The full text of this bill was not available for this summary, so the following overview is based solely on the bill's title and legislative history. The proposed legislation would impose a six-month moratorium on new approvals, construction, and expansion of artificial intelligence data centers in New Jersey, while also prohibiting state subsidies and tax incentives for such facilities during that period.
Read the full bill text →S 4659In CommitteeantiUpdated Oct 1, 2026
Requires DEP to conduct study on environmental impacts of data center development in State; prohibits construction of new data centers until study is complete.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based on the bill's title and legislative history. According to its title, the bill would require New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection to study the environmental impacts of data center development in the state and would prohibit construction of new data centers until that study is completed.
Read the full bill text →S 4658In CommitteeneutralUpdated Oct 1, 2026
Requires data centers to submit annual report to DEP; requires DEP to establish Data Center Transparency Dashboard.
The full text of this bill was not available at the time of this summary, so the following overview is based on the bill title and its current legislative status. The bill would require data centers operating in New Jersey to submit annual reports to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and would direct the DEP to create a public Data Center Transparency Dashboard to display this information.
Read the full bill text →S 4657In CommitteeneutralUpdated Oct 1, 2026
Modifies certain DEP permit application requirements for data centers.
Senate Bill 4657, introduced in October 2026 by Senator Joseph P. Cryan of Union County, proposes to amend New Jersey's data center permitting law by revising definitions contained in the Environmental Protection Act of 2020.
Read the full bill text →A 5586In CommitteeantiUpdated Oct 5, 2026
Requires data center developers to provide certain notice to public before preliminary site plan consideration and hearing under MLUL; requires DCA to maintain related public notice website.
Assembly Bill 5586 would impose new notification and transparency requirements on data center developers in New Jersey before they submit preliminary site plan applications to local planning boards.
Read the full bill text →S 4400In CommitteeneutralUpdated Oct 8, 2026
Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.
Senate Bill 4400 would require New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a comprehensive study evaluating how large-scale data centers use water and what effects that consumption has on the state's drinking water systems, wastewater infrastructure, and environment.
Read the full bill text →A 5622In CommitteeneutralNewUpdated Oct 15, 2026
Modifies certain DEP permit application requirements for data centers.
Assembly Bill 5622, introduced in October 2026 by Assemblyman Chigozie U. Onyema, would amend New Jersey's environmental permitting law to explicitly include data centers within the scope of facilities subject to Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) permit requirements and overburdened community review provisions.
Read the full bill text →A 5663In CommitteeantiNewUpdated Oct 19, 2026
Requires DEP to conduct study on environmental impacts of data center development in State; prohibits construction of new data centers until study is complete.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based on the bill's title and its current legislative status. The proposed legislation would require New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a comprehensive study on the environmental impacts of data center development before any new data centers can be constructed in the state.
Read the full bill text →A 5646In CommitteeneutralNewUpdated Oct 19, 2026
Requires data centers to submit annual report to DEP; requires DEP to establish Data Center Transparency Dashboard.
The full text of this bill was not available for review, so this summary is based on the bill title and its current legislative status. The proposed legislation would require New Jersey data centers to submit annual reports to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and would direct the DEP to create a public Data Center Transparency Dashboard to display this information.
Read the full bill text →S 4304Passed ChamberneutralUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Prohibits agreements intended to conceal certain information concerning development of data centers under MLUL.
Senate Bill 4304 would prohibit data center developers and their agents from entering into non-disclosure agreements with municipal authorities or property sellers that conceal details about development plans, declaring such agreements unenforceable as against public policy.
Read the full bill text →A 3966In CommitteeneutralNewUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.
Assembly Bill 3966 would require New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a comprehensive study of how large-scale data centers use water and the effects of that usage on the state's drinking water systems, wastewater infrastructure, and environment.
Read the full bill text →New York New York page →
A 10141In CommitteeantiUpdated May 12, 2026
Imposes a moratorium on data center permit issuance; and relates to data center rate impacts
Assembly Bill 10141-A, introduced in February 2026 with broad bipartisan sponsorship, would impose a moratorium on new data center permit issuance in New York State and require the Public Service Commission to minimize electricity and gas rate impacts from data center development.
Read the full bill text →S 9144In CommitteeantiUpdated May 12, 2026
Imposes a moratorium on data center permit issuance; and relates to data center rate impacts
This New York State bill (S09144A) would establish a moratorium on issuing permits for new data centers and require the Public Service Commission to take steps minimizing how new data centers impact electricity and gas rates for residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
Read the full bill text →S 10487In CommitteeantiUpdated May 15, 2026
Enacts the "data center water stewardship and reuse act"
New York Senate Bill S10487, known as the "Data Center Water Stewardship and Reuse Act," would establish mandatory water recycling and conservation standards for large-capacity data centers in the state, defined as facilities with at least ten megawatts of electrical demand or those using more than five million gallons of potable water annually.
Read the full bill text →A 11423In CommitteeantiUpdated May 15, 2026
Relates to prohibiting the use of nondisclosure agreements to prevent disclosure of information relating to environmental and health impacts of certain infrastructure and energy development projects
This New York bill would prohibit and void nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) and confidentiality provisions that prevent discussion of environmental, health, infrastructure, and operational impacts associated with large-scale energy development projects, including data centers, AI computing facilities, cryptocurrency mining operations, solar and wind projects, and battery storage systems.
Read the full bill text →A 9297In CommitteeantiUpdated May 18, 2026
Provides a host community benefit for customers in a host community where data centers are expanded or placed
This New York bill would require hyperscale data centers (those with 20 megawatts or more of peak demand) that are newly built or significantly expanded to fund community benefit programs in their host municipalities.
Read the full bill text →S 10546In CommitteeantiUpdated May 20, 2026
Enacts the homegrown energy act
The Homegrown Energy Act, introduced in the New York State Senate as bill S10546, would require new data centers and existing facilities undergoing major expansions to fund residential electrification programs or utility bill credits in their host communities.
Read the full bill text →A 10852In CommitteeantiUpdated May 21, 2026
Enacts the stop subsidizing data centers act
The Stop Subsidizing Data Centers Act would prohibit New York from allocating economic development power to data center operations and restrict industrial development agency financial assistance to such projects.
Read the full bill text →S 9182In CommitteeantiUpdated May 22, 2026
Enacts the stop subsidizing data centers act
The Stop Subsidizing Data Centers Act would prohibit New York State from providing economic development subsidies and power allocations to data center projects, effectively ending or restricting access to programs like Recharge NY power that have previously supported such facilities.
Read the full bill text →S 8540In CommitteeantiUpdated May 29, 2026
Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"
The "Accountability of Costs for Data Centers Act," introduced in the New York State Senate in October 2025, would require electric utilities, gas corporations, and municipalities to create separate rate classifications specifically for large energy use facilities, primarily data centers, preventing these facilities from sharing infrastructure and operational costs with other customer classes.
Read the full bill text →S 6394In CommitteeantiUpdated May 30, 2026
Relates to the regulation of energy consumption by data centers
The New York State Sustainable Data Centers Act would establish comprehensive energy and environmental regulations for large data centers operating in the state, defined as facilities capable of using 20 megawatts of electricity or more.
Read the full bill text →A 9039In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 1, 2026
Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"
New York's "Accountability of Costs for Data Centers Act" would require electric utilities, gas companies, and municipalities to create a separate service classification for large energy use facilities (primarily data centers) and assign all infrastructure costs, upgrades, and operational expenses directly attributable to serving these facilities entirely to that classification, preventing cost-sharing with other customers.
Read the full bill text →A 9086In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 1, 2026
Relates to the regulation of energy consumption by data centers
The New York Sustainable Data Centers Act would establish regulatory requirements for data centers consuming 20 megawatts or more of electricity, requiring them to submit annual energy consumption disclosure reports and prohibiting certain incentives tied to fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities.
Read the full bill text →A 11560In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 4, 2026
Enacts the responsible data center development act
The Responsible Data Center Development Act would impose a one-year moratorium on permits for large data centers in New York, defined as facilities with a peak electricity demand of 20 megawatts or more, while exempting modifications to existing facilities and data centers operated by public research institutions.
Read the full bill text →S 10642In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 4, 2026
Enacts the responsible data center development act
The Responsible Data Center Development Act, introduced in the New York State Senate in June 2026, would establish a one-year moratorium on permits for large data centers (those with a peak demand of 20 megawatts or more) while exempting facilities already under construction and modifications to existing operations.
Read the full bill text →S 10708In CommitteeneutralUpdated Sep 30, 2026
Prohibits nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal information about the development of a data center from the public or intended to prevent public review thereof
This New York bill would prohibit municipal governments and data center operators from signing nondisclosure agreements or other contracts designed to hide details about data center development from the public or block public review of such projects.
Read the full bill text →North Carolina North Carolina page →
HB 1063In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 28, 2026
Ratepayer and Resource Protection Act.
North Carolina's proposed Ratepayer and Resource Protection Act would impose new regulatory requirements and cost responsibilities on large data centers, defined as facilities with peak electricity demand of 40 megawatts or greater or annual water consumption exceeding one billion liters.
Read the full bill text →SB 844IntroducedantiUpdated Apr 28, 2026
Affordable Energy Omnibus.
Senate Bill 844, the Affordable Energy Omnibus, would establish a new regulatory framework for large-load facilities in North Carolina, specifically targeting data centers with peak electricity demand of 50 megawatts or greater.
Read the full bill text →HB 1180In CommitteeantiUpdated May 4, 2026
Data Center Amendments.
House Bill 1180 would establish new regulatory requirements for large data centers in North Carolina by mandating that electric utilities file tariffs with the state Utilities Commission that impose substantial operational and financial obligations on facilities with projected power demands exceeding 20 megawatts.
Read the full bill text →SB 1026FailedantiUpdated May 5, 2026
Power Bill Protection/Large Load Tariff.
Senate Bill 1026, titled the Power Bill Protection/Large Load Tariff, would establish new contractual and financial requirements for large electricity customers in North Carolina, specifically those with peak demand of 50 megawatts or higher, a category that includes major data centers.
Read the full bill text →HB 1213In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
Protect Taxpayers and Local Governments.
House Bill 1213 would repeal North Carolina's sales and use tax exemptions for data centers by striking multiple provisions from the state's tax code that currently provide these incentives.
Read the full bill text →North Dakota
SB 2406FailedproUpdated Sep 3, 2026
A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 44-04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting agencies from entering nondisclosure agreements concerning data centers and industrial projects; to provide a penalty; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
Senate Bill No. 2406 would prohibit North Dakota state and local government agencies from entering nondisclosure agreements with data center or industrial project developers that restrict public access to information about projects, including details about location, energy use, water consumption, and environmental impacts.
Read the full bill text →Ohio Ohio page →
HB 957In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 3, 2026
Prohibit new data center sales tax exemptions from being granted
House Bill 957 would amend Ohio's tax code to prohibit the state's tax credit authority from granting new sales tax exemptions for data center equipment purchases, effectively ending a longstanding incentive program that has attracted major computing facilities to the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 646In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jun 10, 2026
Create the Data Center Study Commission
House Bill 646 would establish a Data Center Study Commission within Ohio's Department of Development to conduct a comprehensive examination of data center development across the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 983IntroducedantiUpdated Jul 28, 2026
Enact the Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act
The Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act, introduced in Ohio's House of Representatives, would establish new disclosure and transparency requirements for data centers seeking economic development assistance from the state or local governments.
Read the full bill text →HB 999IntroducedantiUpdated Sep 2, 2026
Prohibit property tax exemptions for data centers
House Bill 999, introduced in Ohio's legislature, would prohibit all local tax exemptions and incentives for data centers by prohibiting political subdivisions (townships, cities, and counties) from authorizing any such tax breaks going forward and voiding any existing exemptions already in place.
Read the full bill text →Oklahoma Oklahoma page →
HB 3621In CommitteeneutralUpdated Apr 7, 2026
State government; Oklahoma State Data Center; Legislative Service Bureau; responsibilities; effective date.
House Bill 3621 would establish the Oklahoma State Data Center as a new entity within the Legislative Service Bureau, designating it as the primary center for applied population research and the official liaison with the U.S. Census Bureau for the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 3620In CommitteeneutralUpdated Apr 7, 2026
The 2030 Census; 2030 Census Complete Count Committee; duties and responsibilities; State Data Center; report; effective date.
House Bill 3620 establishes the 2030 Census Complete Count Committee, a 16-member advisory body tasked with developing and implementing a comprehensive outreach strategy to ensure a full population count for Oklahoma in the 2030 Decennial Census.
Read the full bill text →SB 1488IntroducedantiUpdated Apr 14, 2026
Corporation Commission; establishing moratorium; requiring certain study.
Senate Bill 1488 would establish a moratorium on constructing new data centers in Oklahoma that are designed to operate at 100 megawatts or greater capacity, suspending all such development until November 1, 2029.
Read the full bill text →HB 2992EnactedneutralUpdated May 11, 2026
Corporation Commission; creating the Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026; effective date; emergency.
House Bill 2992, approved by Oklahoma's governor on May 11, 2026, officially establishes the "Data Center Consumer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026" and will take effect on November 1, 2026.
Read the full bill text →Pennsylvania Pennsylvania page →
HB 2150In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 23, 2026
An Act providing for annual reporting of energy consumption and water consumption by data centers; and imposing a penalty.
Pennsylvania House Bill 2150, known as the Data Center Energy and Water Reporting Act, would require all data centers operating in the state with peak electric demand of 10 megawatts or greater to submit detailed annual reports to the Department of Environmental Protection beginning July 1, 2027.
Read the full bill text →HB 2151In CommitteeproUpdated Apr 23, 2026
An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, providing for data center ordinance
assistance.
Pennsylvania House Bill 2151 would establish a new state-level model zoning ordinance to help municipalities across the commonwealth regulate data center development more consistently and efficiently.
Read the full bill text →SB 1297In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 23, 2026
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program, further providing for application for certification and for separation of facilities, providing for additional eligibility requirements, further providing for notification, for revocation of certification, for application for certification and for separation of facilities, providing for additional eligibility requirements and further providing for notification and records and for revocation of certification.
Senate Bill 1297 amends Pennsylvania's Tax Reform Code of 1971 to impose new environmental and energy requirements on data centers seeking to qualify for the Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program's tax benefits.
Read the full bill text →HB 2246In CommitteeantiUpdated May 1, 2026
An Act amending Title 27 (Environmental Resources) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in water resources planning, further providing for State water plan and providing for covered data centers; and promulgating regulations.
House Bill 2246 would establish new regulatory requirements for data centers in Pennsylvania by creating a special category called "covered data centers" subject to enhanced oversight of their water use and withdrawals.
Read the full bill text →HB 2516In CommitteeproUpdated May 13, 2026
An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in comprehensive plan, providing for comprehensive plan element for commercial data centers; and, in zoning, providing for zoning, commercial data centers and agricultural land protections and for zoning, commercial data centers, approval procedure and minimum standards.
Pennsylvania House Bill 2516 would establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for commercial data centers by amending the state's Municipalities Planning Code to define these facilities, require municipalities to address them in comprehensive plans, and set minimum zoning standards for their development.
Read the full bill text →HB 2515In CommitteeantiUpdated May 13, 2026
An Act providing for commercial data center transparency regarding energy use, water use and noise pollution; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation and the Office of Attorney General; and imposing civil penalties.
Pennsylvania House Bill 2515, the Commercial Data Center Transparency Act, would require data center developers to disclose their projects during permit applications across multiple state agencies and to provide detailed information about water usage, energy consumption, and noise impacts to state regulators and local municipalities.
Read the full bill text →SB 1323In CommitteeantiUpdated May 20, 2026
An Act providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties.
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1323, introduced in May 2026, establishes comprehensive regulatory requirements for commercial data centers (facilities with peak demand of 25 megawatts or greater) operating in the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 2533In CommitteeantiUpdated May 27, 2026
An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, providing for optional moratorium on filing or consideration of new applications for high impact data centers.
House Bill 2533 would amend Pennsylvania's zoning law to authorize municipalities to impose temporary moratoriums on new applications for "high impact data centers," allowing local governments to pause permitting decisions for up to 18 months.
Read the full bill text →HB 2532In CommitteeantiUpdated May 27, 2026
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, repealing provisions relating to computer data center equipment incentive program; in general provisions, providing for transfer of tax from certain sale of computer data equipment; and establishing a restricted account in the Motor License Fund.
House Bill 2532 would repeal Article XXIX-D of Pennsylvania's Tax Reform Code of 1971, which established a computer data center equipment incentive program designed to attract data center development to the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 2539In CommitteeproUpdated May 27, 2026
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program, further providing for application for certification, for eligibility requirements relating to Sales and Use Tax Refund Program and for eligibility requirements relating to Sales and Use Tax Exemption Program.
House Bill 2539 amends Pennsylvania's Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program to streamline the certification process and introduce new environmental standards as a condition for tax incentives.
Read the full bill text →SB 1344In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 4, 2026
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, repealing provisions relating to computer data center equipment incentive program; in general provisions, providing for transfer of tax from certain sale of computer data equipment; and establishing a restricted account in the Motor License Fund.
Senate Bill 1344 would repeal Article XXIX-D of Pennsylvania's Tax Reform Code of 1971, which currently provides tax incentives and breaks for computer data center equipment and operations.
Read the full bill text →SB 1359In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 4, 2026
An Act imposing a Statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting; and providing for enforcement.
Senate Bill 1359 would impose a statewide 36-month moratorium on the development and permitting of hyperscale data centers in Pennsylvania, defined as data facilities with significant electrical demand thresholds ranging from 1 to 20 megawatts depending on the utility company's peak load.
Read the full bill text →HB 2650In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 25, 2026
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in tax credit and tax benefit administration, further providing for definitions; in computer data center equipment incentive program, providing for certification prohibition; providing for Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development certification and standards; and imposing duties.
House Bill 2650 would fundamentally reshape Pennsylvania's approach to computer data center development by imposing a strict certification prohibition on new facilities and establishing stringent clean energy requirements for any data centers that might operate under alternative provisions.
Read the full bill text →HB 2198In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 26, 2026
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, repealing provisions relating to Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program; and, in general provisions, providing for data centers.
House Bill 2198 would repeal Pennsylvania's Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program, which currently provides tax benefits and exemptions for companies that invest in data center infrastructure and equipment within the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 2496In CommitteeantiUpdated Jun 30, 2026
An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, providing for pause on data center proposals.
House Bill 2496 would amend Pennsylvania's Municipalities Planning Code to allow local governments to impose temporary pauses on accepting new data center development applications for up to 180 days.
Read the full bill text →HB 2359In CommitteeproUpdated Jul 10, 2026
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for definitions, for application for certification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax refund program, for notification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax exemption program and for notification and records.
Pennsylvania House Bill 2359 would refine the state's computer data center equipment incentive program by updating definitions, application procedures, and eligibility requirements for sales and use tax refunds and exemptions that help offset equipment costs for data center operators.
Read the full bill text →SB 1384In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 10, 2026
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in tax credit and tax benefit administration, further providing for definitions; in computer data center equipment incentive program, providing for certification prohibition; providing for Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development certification and standards; and imposing duties.
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1384 would fundamentally restrict new computer data center development in the state by immediately halting certifications for new facilities under the existing tax incentive program while establishing a new "Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development" framework with strict clean energy requirements.
Read the full bill text →HB 2760In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 9, 2026
An Act providing for the protection of water supplies by requiring commercial data centers to restore or replace a polluted or diminutive water supply; and imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection.
Pennsylvania's Commercial Data Center Water Protection Act would impose strict liability on commercial data centers (facilities with peak power demand of 25 megawatts or greater) for any pollution or diminution of public or private water supplies within 1,000 feet of their operations, requiring them to restore or replace affected supplies and provide temporary water at their own expense.
Read the full bill text →SB 1470In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 24, 2026
An Act amending Title 27 (Environmental Resources) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in water resources planning, providing for water conservation requirements for data centers.
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1470 would require data centers consuming more than 100,000 gallons of water annually to implement specific water conservation measures, including closed-loop cooling systems, reclaimed water, recycled water, or other department-approved technologies.
Read the full bill text →SB 1455In CommitteeneutralUpdated Sep 24, 2026
An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to government and administration, providing for pre-application procedure for a proposed data center.
Senate Bill 1455 would establish a mandatory pre-application meeting procedure for data center developers in Pennsylvania municipalities, requiring proposed projects to request a meeting with local officials at least 30 days before submitting a formal development application.
Read the full bill text →SB 1459In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 24, 2026
An Act requiring proposed data centers to conduct water usage studies.
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1459 would require any entity proposing a new data center to commission an independent, state-recognized water usage study and submit it to the host municipality at least 30 days before filing a formal development application.
Read the full bill text →SB 1461In CommitteeproUpdated Sep 24, 2026
An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in zoning, providing for hyperscale data centers and public input.
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1461 would amend the state's municipal zoning code to formally define and regulate hyperscale data centers, establishing a clear pathway for their development across the state.
Read the full bill text →SB 1460In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 24, 2026
An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, prohibiting the location of data centers.
Senate Bill 1460 would amend Pennsylvania's Municipalities Planning Code to restrict data center development across the state by prohibiting all data centers in residential zoning areas and requiring larger facilities to locate exclusively in industrial and mining zones.
Read the full bill text →SB 1469In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 24, 2026
An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rates and distribution systems, providing for large load hyperscale data center tariffs.
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1469 would require the state's Public Utilities Commission to establish special rate structures for large hyperscale data centers, defined as facilities with peak electrical loads of 25 megawatts or more individually or 50 megawatts in aggregate.
Read the full bill text →SB 1442In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 25, 2026
An Act prohibiting data centers from being developed or operated by certain foreign entities; and providing for enforcement by Attorney General.
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1442, known as the Secure Data Center Facilities Act, would prohibit the development and operation of data centers controlled by foreign entities within the state.
Read the full bill text →SB 1345In CommitteeantiUpdated Sep 30, 2026
An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, providing for optional temporary moratorium on acceptance or consideration of new applications for high impact data centers.
Senate Bill 1345 would amend Pennsylvania's Municipalities Planning Code to allow local governments to temporarily pause accepting or reviewing new applications for "high impact data centers" for up to 18 months.
Read the full bill text →SR 369In CommitteeneutralUpdated Sep 30, 2026
A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the future viability of data center technology and facilities.
Senate Resolution 369 directs Pennsylvania's Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a comprehensive one-year study examining whether data centers will be needed at the scale of current development proposals in the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 2821In CommitteeantiUpdated Oct 2, 2026
An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in subdivision and land development, providing for local option for high impact data centers.
Pennsylvania House Bill 2821 would require municipalities to hold a public referendum before approving large data center projects, adding a new layer of democratic oversight to the development approval process.
Read the full bill text →SB 1408In CommitteeantiUpdated Oct 5, 2026
An Act providing for data center transparency; prohibiting certain nondisclosure agreements between public agencies and data centers; providing for data centers and public input; prohibiting data centers from being developed or operated by certain foreign entities; and providing for enforcement by Attorney General and for energy and water reporting.
Senate Bill 1408, known as the Data Center Transparency Act, would impose significant restrictions on how Pennsylvania public agencies can negotiate with data center developers and operators.
Read the full bill text →HB 2674Passed ChamberproUpdated Oct 19, 2026
An Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to Public Utility Code, further providing for definitions.
Pennsylvania House Bill 2674 would exempt large commercial data centers from regulation as public utilities under Pennsylvania law by adding a new exemption to the Public Utility Code's definition of "public utility." Under the bill, commercial data centers with a peak demand of 25 megawatts or greater would be excluded from public utility regulatory oversight, provided that selling electricity to the grid is secondary to their primary business of processing, storing, retrieving, or transmitting data.
Read the full bill text →HR 630EnactedneutralUpdated Oct 20, 2026
A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on data center decommissioning in Pennsylvania and provide recommendations.
House Resolution 630 directs Pennsylvania's Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a comprehensive study on how data centers in the state are decommissioned and to provide legislative recommendations based on that research.
Read the full bill text →Rhode Island
HB 7331In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 7, 2026
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
H 7331 would amend Rhode Island law to require data centers with projected electric demand of 50 megawatts or greater to bear all costs for electric generation, transmission, and distribution facilities needed to serve them, preventing these costs from being passed to residential or other commercial customers through utility rates.
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H 5484In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 1, 2026
Energy Affordability Act
The Energy Affordability Act proposes comprehensive amendments to South Carolina's energy regulations, with significant implications for data center operations in the state.
Read the full bill text →H 5526In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 14, 2026
Data Center Moratorium
The full text of this South Carolina bill was not available for review, so this summary is based on the bill title and its current legislative status.
Read the full bill text →S 867In CommitteeproUpdated May 6, 2026
Data Center Development
South Carolina's Data Center Development Act establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework designed to attract data center investment by creating streamlined permitting processes, operational standards, and financial incentives.
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SB 2681In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 7, 2026
Energy - As introduced, enacts the "Bring Your Own Generation Act." - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1002; Section 67-6-102 and Title 68.
Tennessee's proposed "Bring Your Own Generation Act" would impose substantial new requirements and costs on large data centers and artificial intelligence facilities operating in the state.
Read the full bill text →SB 2653In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 7, 2026
Business and Commerce - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.
The Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act would require data centers with more than 20 megawatts of power capacity to obtain a permit from the state's water and wastewater operator board before operating in Tennessee, a requirement that would take effect on January 1, 2027.
Read the full bill text →HB 2047In CommitteeneutralUpdated Apr 15, 2026
Taxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or federal immigration laws. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Tennessee's Senate Bill 2584 and its House companion bill would streamline the process for data center operators seeking state job tax credits by allowing them to submit labor compliance certifications electronically rather than requiring paper submissions.
Read the full bill text →SB 2584In CommitteeneutralUpdated Apr 20, 2026
Taxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or federal immigration laws. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
This Tennessee bill would allow qualified data centers applying for job tax credits to submit required certifications electronically instead of on paper.
Read the full bill text →SB 2128EnactedantiUpdated May 18, 2026
Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65.
Tennessee's Public Chapter 961 fundamentally restructures how data centers pay for electrical and infrastructure development in the state by requiring data center owners and operators to bear the complete financial burden of all infrastructure costs, including upgrades to existing utility systems needed to serve their facilities.
Read the full bill text →HB 1847EnactedantiUpdated May 18, 2026
Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65.
Tennessee's Senate Bill 2128 (House Bill 1847), enacted as Public Chapter 961, establishes that data center owners and operators must pay the full cost of all electrical infrastructure and related utility upgrades needed to support their facilities, and explicitly prohibits municipalities and electric utilities from spreading these costs to other ratepayers or customers.
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H 727VetoedantiUpdated May 29, 2026
An act relating to sustainable data center deployment
H.727, titled the Vermont Sustainable Data Centers Act, would establish a comprehensive regulatory framework governing the development of large data centers (defined as facilities using 20 megawatts or more of power) within the state.
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HB 507EnactedantiUpdated Apr 8, 2026
Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.
This Virginia law, which took effect on April 8, 2026, establishes new emission control requirements for engine-generator sets used at data centers seeking state permits.
Read the full bill text →HB 153EnactedantiUpdated Apr 13, 2026
Data centers; site assessment, sound profile of the high energy use facility.
Virginia's Chapter 567, approved on April 13, 2026, establishes new procedural requirements for data centers consuming 100 megawatts or more of electrical power by mandating comprehensive site assessments before localities can approve rezoning, special exceptions, or special use permits.
Read the full bill text →SB 94EnactedantiUpdated Apr 13, 2026
Data centers; site assessment, sound profile of the high energy use facility.
Virginia's 2026 legislation (Chapter 568) establishes new environmental review requirements for data center developments that would consume 100 megawatts or more of electrical power, a threshold that captures only the largest facilities in the state.
Read the full bill text →HB 323EnactedneutralUpdated Apr 13, 2026
Data centers; Department of Energy shall lead efforts to accelerate use of waste heat, report.
Virginia's 2026 legislation directs the Department of Energy to lead a coordinated effort to identify and accelerate the use of waste heat generated by data centers throughout the Commonwealth.
Read the full bill text →HB 496EnactedneutralUpdated Apr 13, 2026
Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.
Virginia's Chapter 623, approved in April 2026, modifies state water resource planning requirements to create separate tracking and reporting of water consumption by data centers.
Read the full bill text →SB 553EnactedneutralUpdated Apr 13, 2026
Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.
Virginia's recently approved legislation amends state water reporting requirements to include specific tracking of water consumption by data centers alongside other major water users.
Read the full bill text →SB 521In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Data centers; rainwater harvesting systems.
Senate Bill 521, introduced in Virginia's 2027 session, would require all new data centers and those undergoing substantial expansions of more than 10 percent to install and maintain rainwater harvesting systems capable of capturing at least 30 percent of roof runoff for non-potable uses such as irrigation or cooling systems.
Read the full bill text →SB 336In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Tier 2 emergency generators; SCC shall evaluate impact of requiring data centers to limit use, etc.
Senate Bill 336 directs Virginia's State Corporation Commission to study the potential impacts of restricting data centers' use of Tier 2 diesel generators in favor of cleaner Tier 4 or equivalent generators.
Read the full bill text →HB 641In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Virginia's Great Outdoors Act; established, creates data center land conservation tax.
House Bill 641, introduced in January 2026 and currently referred to the Finance Committee, would establish Virginia's Great Outdoors Act and create a new "data center land conservation tax" designed to generate at least $250 million annually beginning July 1, 2028.
Read the full bill text →SB 93In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Data centers; taxes on banks that are tenants of a center.
Senate Bill 93, introduced in Virginia's 2027 session, proposes amendments to the state's tax code regarding bank franchise tax, retail sales and use tax, and tangible personal property tax, with implications for data centers.
Read the full bill text →SB 466In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.
Senate Bill 466, introduced in Virginia's 2027 legislative session, proposes to amend the state's electric utility rate-setting statute to address cost recovery for utilities serving data center customers.
Read the full bill text →HB 1515IntroducedantiUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Local approval of data centers; temporary moratorium.
House Bill 1515 would establish a temporary moratorium on local data center approvals in Virginia by prohibiting localities from granting final approval for new data center development projects until either July 1, 2028, or until all pending utility interconnection requests from data centers are fulfilled, whichever comes first.
Read the full bill text →HB 503In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.
House Bill 503, introduced in January 2026, would amend Virginia's electric utility rate-setting law to address cost recovery for utilities serving data center customers. The bill modifies § 56-585.1 of the Virginia Code, which governs how the State Corporation Commission determines fair rates of return for investor-owned electric utilities and their generation, distribution, and transmission services.
Read the full bill text →HB 1132In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Data center tax revenue; creates local residential renewable energy incentive program.
Virginia House Bill 1132 would create a mechanism for localities with at least 20 data centers to capture a portion of tax revenue growth from those facilities and redirect it toward residential renewable energy programs.
Read the full bill text →HB 591In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Data centers; policy of the Commonwealth.
House Bill 591 would establish a formal policy framework for data center operations in Virginia, amending state law to direct the Commonwealth to coordinate between data centers, state agencies, and regional grid operators on energy usage and renewable energy deployment.
Read the full bill text →SB 393In CommitteeantiUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Virginia's Great Outdoors Act; established, creates data center land conservation tax.
Senate Bill 393, titled Virginia's Great Outdoors Act, would establish a dedicated "data center land conservation tax" designed to generate at least $250 million annually starting July 1, 2028, with revenues directed toward land preservation and conservation efforts across the Commonwealth.
Read the full bill text →HB 607In CommitteeneutralUpdated Jul 21, 2026
Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.
House Bill 607 would direct Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a three-year study examining cumulative air pollution in regions with high concentrations of data centers, with findings due by October 1, 2029.
Read the full bill text →SB 841In CommitteeneutralUpdated Oct 8, 2026
Data centers; public hearing and notice requirements.
Senate Bill 841, introduced by Senator Jones in the 2027 Virginia legislative session, would amend Virginia's zoning and planning procedures to establish specific public notice and hearing requirements for data center projects.
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SB 6231EnactedantiUpdated Apr 1, 2026
Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers.
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6231 removes Washington State's tax exemptions for data center equipment replacements and power infrastructure upgrades, a significant policy shift aimed at increasing state general fund revenue.
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HB 4983EnactedneutralUpdated Jun 29, 2026
Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center
House Bill 4983 authorizes the West Virginia Department of Commerce to establish and enforce certification rules for high impact data centers and microgrid districts in the state.
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AB 722In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 6, 2026
Relating to: large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Assembly Bill 722 would impose significant new requirements on large-scale data center development in Wisconsin, including mandatory prevailing wage standards for construction workers, renewable energy mandates, and green building certifications.
Read the full bill text →SB 729In CommitteeantiUpdated Apr 6, 2026
Relating to: large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Senate Bill 729 would establish several new regulatory requirements for data centers operating in Wisconsin, along with rules governing large energy customers of electric utilities.
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