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Requires energy usage plan for proposed artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to be derived from new clean energy sources. (S4143 / A5564, NJ)
Requiring, once agreed by a majority of states sharing the grid, all new AI and crypto mining data centers to operate on renewable and nuclear power and adopt energy and water efficiency measures.
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Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs. (A5462 / S4307, NJ)
Requires utilities to create tariffs for data centers to encourage efficiency and protect other users from increased costs due to data centers.
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Requires BPU to study effects of data centers on electricity costs (S4318 / A5466, NJ)
Requires study into impacts of data centers on electricity costs for other customers and policy mitigations.
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Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers. (A5892, NJ)
Requires study into water use impacts of data centers and analysis of mitigation strategies.
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Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU. (A5548 / S4293, NJ)
Requires data centers to report water and energy usage.
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Urges Governor to declare energy generation emergency in New Jersey. (AR188 / SR132, NJ)
Urges Governor to declare energy generation emergency and take steps to prioritize increased transmission, generation capacity, and lower prices. Cites data centers as first factor in demand increase.
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms