Impact Type: Economic Impacts

A Bill … relating to large data centers; moratorium; approval requirements; prevailing wage required; public utility independent classifications; community investment program; report. (SB850, VA)

Places a one-year moratorium on the issuance of permits by the Department of Environmental Quality and by municipalities for large data centers. Prohibits Department from issuing approvals for large data centers unless it conducts public hearings with notice giving info about energy and water impacts and incentives and implements a community investment program for installing…

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Human Rights & Labor Exploitation, Public Health Impacts
Data Center Community Support and Compliance Act (HB2888, PA)

Requires large data centers to submit energy, water and sustainability plans to Department of Environmental Protection; regional benefits, and noise and vibration mitigation plans, and prior to operations or expansion, a community benefit plan and agreement, to be submitted to Department of Community and Economic Development (plan highlights below). Certification of compliance from both depts…

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Environmental Justice, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts, Public Health Impacts
Data Center Oversight Act (H.R.10950, US)

Require large data centers to file public disclosure statements with the Secretary of Energy, including costs for electricity upgrades and how they are financed; how rates for other customers are impacted; details of electricity generation; water usage and cooling systems; distance from schools, parks, and hospitals; labor arrangements; any NDAs. Information to be published in…

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts, Human Rights & Labor Exploitation, Public Health Impacts
Ratepayer Indifference Act (A5811, NJ)

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Economic Impacts
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress must refuse to provide any additional funds or exceptional regulatory support to companies or financial institutions facing insolvency or financial collapse due to exposures to acute stress within the artificial intelligence market and must provide support to all harmed Americans instead. (H.R.1642, US)

Expresses opposition to bailouts and liability shields for insolvent AI companies; supports aggressive Federal action to directly protect workers and consumers from bearing costs due to financial stresses caused by AI companies going under; and commits to reform to prevent bubbles and ensure that the burdens of bubbles bursting are justly distributed. [Data center financing…

Economic Impacts
Make Data Centers Pay Act (H.R.10809, US)

Prohibits electricity utility costs caused by data centers being recovered from other customers. Contracts etc. to require full recovery of costs from data centers regardless of early termination of service. Data centers to provide financial assurance to cover costs of construction / upgrades to electricity infrastructure before work commences.

Economic Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts
Recapturing Excessive Corporate Largesse through Accountability and Incentive Measures (RECLAIM) Act (S.5689, US)

Prohibits Federal incentives for large AI-focused data center development. Neutralizes State and local incentives by establishing a tax for the data centers equal to the amount of these incentives.

Economic Impacts
Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (S.5653, US)

[A large permitting reform package that seeks to speed the development of energy, infrastructure and other major projects. Sections 2107 and 2114 deal specifically with data centers.] Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to require utilities to charge data enters full costs of transmission service. A lower cost of transmission service is to be established…

Economic Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts
An Act concerning certain data center development public notice requirements and supplementing and amending P.L.1975, c.291. (A5586, NJ)

Requires that data center developers hold at least one community information meeting, advertised at least one week in advance in publications and social media, at least 90 days before applying for preliminary site plan approval. They must also coordinate social media and website posts with municipality concerning the project and approval process; send direct mail…

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts
Data Center Transparency Act of 2026 (S.5640, US)

Directs EPA to report quarterly on the impacts of data centers on air quality and water quality, availability and cost; on greenhouse gas emissions and their impacts on overburdened communities, electricity and water consumption; data center growth and impacts on residential energy costs. Report to be made public.

Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Environmental Justice, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts