Legislationsby Glyph
MaineMaineLD 713
An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program
Excludes data centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program.
Data centers and energy
101 on file · 55 became law · 30 still moving · 8 moved in 30 days
MaineAlabamaAlabamaHB 399
Data Processing Center Tax Abatements
Limits the exemption period for data processing center tax abatements, requires collection of certain taxes on purchases, and extends the program sunset.
AlabamaAlabamaSB 270
Public Service Commission Review of Large Load Data Center Contracts
Expands Public Service Commission review of electric utility contracts with large load data centers.
NebraskaNebraskaLB 1010
Large Load Customer Regulation Act
Adopts the Large Load Customer Regulation Act to govern how public power suppliers serve very large electric loads such as data centers, and changes provisions on energy storage and cryptocurrency mining operations.
IdahoIdahoH 911
Public Utilities, New Large Loads (ratepayer protection)
Sets Public Utilities Commission rules for serving new large electric loads such as data centers to protect other ratepayers.
KansasLarge load data center drought moratorium
Would have barred new large load data centers in counties with a drought emergency declared in the preceding three years.
IdahoIdahoH 895
Data Centers, Water Use for Cooling
Limits the consumptive use of water for cooling certain data centers.
WashingtonWashingtonSB 6231
Data center tax exemption changes
Removes the sales and use tax exemption for replacement equipment in data centers.
KentuckyKentuckyHB 593
Data center electric service
Would have required electric service to data centers to be provided only under contracts and tariffs meeting set requirements, including application fees and studies to protect other customers.
South DakotaSouth DakotaSB 135
Data center utility cost protections
Protects residents from higher utility costs and shortages caused by data centers and clarifies regulators' authority over data center electric service.
South DakotaSouth DakotaHB 1038
PUC assessment of actual costs to data centers
Allows the Public Utilities Commission to assess its actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 4213
Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026
A Senate bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S1616-1617)
UtahUtahHB 76
Data Center Water Transparency Amendments
Requires reporting related to water use by large data centers.
MinnesotaMinnesotaSF 4296
Public hearings and disclosures before data center approval
Would require public hearings and certain disclosures before local approval of data center developments.
United States (federal)United States (federal)Proclamation 11014
Ratepayer Protection Pledge
Announces a pledge under which large AI and data center companies commit to pay the full cost of the power they use so household electricity bills do not rise.
GeorgiaGeorgiaSB 410
Repeal of Data Center Equipment Sales and Use Tax Exemption
Would have repealed Georgia's sales and use tax exemption for data center equipment.
GeorgiaGeorgiaHB 1063
Protecting Electricity Customers from Data Center Costs
Would have required protections so residential and retail electricity customers do not bear costs of data center construction and operation.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 93
Water Resources: Data Centers
Would have required data center operators to give their water supplier an estimate of expected water use before applying for a local business license.
United States (federal)United States (federal)H.R. 6984
Data Center Transparency Act
A House bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
MarylandMarylandSB 116
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report
Requires state agencies and the University of Maryland to analyze the environmental, energy and economic impacts of data center development and report to the General Assembly; cross-filed with HB 270.
AustraliaNational AI Plan
Sets out the Australian Government's plan to build AI capability and infrastructure, spread the benefits of AI, and keep Australians safe, including establishing an AI Safety Institute.
CaliforniaCaliforniaSB 57
Electrical Corporations: Data Centers: Report
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to assess whether utility costs from new data center loads shift costs to other customers and to report its findings to the Legislature.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 222
Data Centers: Energy Usage Reporting and Efficiency
Would have required data center owners to report power usage effectiveness to the Energy Commission and required developers of covered AI models to estimate the energy used to develop them.
West VirginiaWest VirginiaHB 2014
Power Generation and Consumption Act (certified microgrid program)
Creates a Certified Microgrid Program administered by the Division of Economic Development to let large facilities such as data centers be served by dedicated microgrids, and revises high impact business development districts.
United States (federal)United States (federal)Executive Order 14318
Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
Directs agencies to speed federal permitting and provide federal land and financing support for large AI data center projects and their power infrastructure.
United States (federal)America's AI Action Plan
White House plan with more than 90 federal actions to speed AI innovation, build AI infrastructure and lead in international AI diplomacy and security.
United States (federal)United States (federal)Executive Order 14141
Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure
Directed agencies to lease federal sites for large AI data centers and clean power, with security and cost conditions for developers.
OregonOregonHB 3546
POWER Act (large energy use facilities)
Directs the Public Utility Commission to create a separate class of electric service for large energy use facilities such as data centers so their costs are not shifted to other ratepayers.
MinnesotaMinnesotaHF 9
2025 special session tax law (data center electricity exemption repeal)
Special session tax omnibus that, among other changes, repealed the sales and use tax exemption for electricity used by qualified data centers.
TexasTexasSB 6
Large loads and grid reliability (data centers)
Sets interconnection standards, cost-sharing, disclosure and emergency curtailment rules for large electric loads of 75 megawatts or more, such as data centers, in the ERCOT region.
MinnesotaMinnesotaHF 16
Data center regulatory law
Regulates data centers with a load of 100 megawatts or more by setting utility service and clean energy tariff rules, imposing a $2 million to $5 million peak demand fee, requiring preapplication review of large water appropriations, and revising data center sales tax exemptions.
MaineMaineLD 912
An Act to Limit the Amount of Electricity That May Be Provided to Data Centers on a Certain Commercial or Industrial Site
Limits the amount of electricity that may be provided to data centers on a certain commercial or industrial site, enacted as an emergency measure.
TexasTexasHB 3970
Interconnection and operation of large loads
Would have set rules for interconnecting and operating large electric loads such as data centers on the ERCOT grid.
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabiaunverified
Draft Global AI Hub Law
Draft law that would let foreign governments and companies host data and AI services in Saudi data centers under their own laws through private, extended and virtual hub models, subject to Saudi oversight.
IndianaIndianaHB 1007
Energy generation resources
Creates a tax credit for small modular nuclear reactor manufacturing and lets utilities seek expedited approval of generation resource plans to meet customer load growth above a set threshold.
KansasKansasSB 98
Qualified data center sales tax exemption
Provides a sales tax exemption for building or remodeling qualified data centers and buying data center equipment for firms that invest at least $250 million and meet Kansas job requirements.
European UnionEuropean UnionCOM(2025) 165
AI Continent Action Plan
Commission communication setting out actions to make the EU a leading AI continent, covering computing infrastructure such as AI factories and gigafactories, data, skills, AI uptake and simpler implementation of the AI Act.
United States (federal)Converting Energy into Intelligence: the Future of AI Technology, Human Discovery, and American Global Competitiveness
House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the energy needs of AI and U.S. competitiveness.
MississippiMississippiHB 1239
Data center enterprise tax exemptions revision
Would have revised definitions and other provisions of the tax exemptions for data center enterprises.
KenyaKenya National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025-2030
Sets Kenya's national AI plan built on three pillars: AI digital infrastructure, data and AI governance, and AI research, innovation and commercialisation.
MinnesotaMinnesotaHF 28
Data center energy generation redundancy
Would provide for data center energy generation redundancy by easing rules for backup generation at data centers.
WyomingWyomingSF 193
Electric utility service agreements for large loads
Would have set terms for electric utility service agreements with large-load electricity customers.
WashingtonWashingtonEO 25-05
Data Center Workgroup
Creates a workgroup to study data center energy use, grid impacts, tax incentives and economic benefits and to recommend state policy.
MichiganMichiganHB 4906
Data center sales tax exemption (Public Act 207 of 2024)
Exempts qualifying enterprise data center equipment from the state sales tax, with a companion use tax exemption in SB 237 (Public Act 181 of 2024).
United KingdomAI Opportunities Action Plan
Independent report led by Matt Clifford, adopted by the government, setting out 50 recommendations to expand AI infrastructure, drive AI adoption across the economy and improve public services.
MichiganMichiganSB 237
Data center use tax exemption (Public Act 181 of 2024)
Exempts data center equipment used by a qualifying enterprise data center from the use tax, tie-barred to the HB 4906 sales tax exemption.
European UnionEuropean UnionCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690
NIS2 Implementing Regulation on technical requirements and significant incidents
Sets the technical and methodological cybersecurity risk management requirements under NIS2 for digital infrastructure and digital service providers, such as cloud, data centre and managed security providers, and defines when their incidents count as significant.
BrazilBrazilPBIA 2024-2028
Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan (PBIA) 2024-2028
Four-year national AI plan, titled IA para o Bem de Todos, organised in five axes with about R$ 23 billion in planned investment for AI infrastructure including supercomputing, skills, public services, business innovation and regulation.
European UnionEuropean UnionCouncil Regulation (EU) 2024/1732
EuroHPC AI Factories amendment
Amends the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking regulation to add an AI Factories pillar giving start-ups and innovators access to AI-optimised supercomputers.
LouisianaLouisianaHB 827
Data center equipment sales tax rebates (Act 730 of 2024)
Provides sales and use tax rebates on qualifying data center and communications equipment.