State and local policy
Executive policy records
Recorded policy actions issued by executive authorities.
Authority type identifies who issued the instrument. It does not describe whether the instrument is current or legally binding.
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| Scope | Authority | Jurisdiction | Action | Status | Stage | Effective | Timing | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland Maryland | Governor of Maryland Executive | State | Enacted legislation or regulation | In effect | More than one stage | 23 September 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Executive Order 01.01.2026.16: data center framework and task force Primary source |
| Texas Texas | Governor of Texas Executive | State | Statewide permit or approval pause | In effect | Permitting | 21 September 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | TCEQ data-center permit pause Primary source |
| Virginia Virginia | Governor of Virginia Executive | State | Enacted legislation or regulation | In effect | More than one stage | 18 September 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Executive Order 22: Virginia Data Center Accountability Framework Primary source |
| Nevada Nevada | Governor of Nevada Executive | State | Enacted legislation or regulation | In effect | Incentive | 17 September 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Minimum terms for data center tax abatement applications Primary source |
| Texas Texas | Governor of Texas Executive | State | Reporting or resource-use requirement | In effect | Reporting | 14 September 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Water-use reporting enforcement directive Primary source |
| Pennsylvania Pennsylvania | Governor of Pennsylvania Executive | State | Enacted legislation or regulation | In effect | More than one stage | 18 August 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Executive Order 2026-05 data center permitting and incentive conditions Primary source |
| Kentucky Kentucky | Governor of Kentucky Executive | State | Reporting or resource-use requirement | In effect | More than one stage | 6 August 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Executive Order 2026-494: data center commitments Primary source |
| Texas Texas | Governor of Texas Executive | State | Statewide permit or approval pause | In effect | Interconnection | 3 August 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | ERCOT approval pause pending audit Primary source |
| Nebraska Nebraska | Governor of Nebraska Executive | State | Enacted legislation or regulation | In effect | More than one stage | Effective date not stated in the source | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Executive order on state incentives and a data center task force Primary source |
| New York New York | Governor of New York Executive | State | Statewide permit or approval pause | In effect | Permitting | 14 July 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | DEC hold on large data-center permits Primary source |
| Illinois Illinois | Governor of Illinois (directive carried out by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) Executive | State | Statewide permit or approval pause | In effect | Incentive | 1 July 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Stop in processing data center incentive applications Primary source |
| Louisiana Louisiana | Governor of Louisiana Executive | State | Reporting or resource-use requirement | In effect | Incentive | 25 June 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Executive Order JML 26-058: ratepayer and community protection conditions for data center incentives Primary source |
| Texas Texas | Governor of Texas Executive | State | Reporting or resource-use requirement | In effect | More than one stage | 10 June 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Directive on data-center infrastructure costs Primary source |
| Utah Utah | Governor of Utah Executive | State | Enacted legislation or regulation | In effect | More than one stage | 29 May 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Executive Order 2026-03: data center framework for state agencies Primary source |
| Vermont Vermont | Governor of Vermont Executive | State | Expired, repealed, vetoed or blocked action | Completed | Operation | Effective date not stated in the source | Ended 28 May 2026 | Veto of H.727 sustainable data center deployment bill Primary source |
| Ohio Ohio | Governor of Ohio Executive | State | Statewide permit or approval pause | In effect | Incentive | 27 May 2026 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Pause on new data-center exemption requests Primary source · Archived copy (1 September 2026) |
| Maine Maine | Governor of Maine Executive | State | Expired, repealed, vetoed or blocked action | Completed | Permitting | Effective date not stated in the source | Ended 24 April 2026 | Veto of L.D. 307 data center moratorium bill Primary source |
| Maryland Maryland | Governor of Maryland Executive | State | Expired, repealed, vetoed or blocked action | Completed | Proposal | Effective date not stated in the source | Ended 16 May 2025 | Governor veto of SB 116 / HB 270 (2025) data center impact analysis, later overridden for SB 116 Primary source |
| Washington Washington | Governor of Washington Executive | State | Enacted legislation or regulation | In effect | More than one stage | 3 February 2025 | Not stored as one date — see completion condition | Data Center Workgroup order Primary source |
| Maine Maine | Governor of Maine Executive | State | Enacted legislation or regulation | In effect | More than one stage | Effective date not stated in the source | None scheduled | Data Center Advisory Council and ratepayer protection order Primary source |
| Oregon Oregon | Office of the Governor of Oregon (Oregon Department of Energy, host) Executive | State | Incentive or explicitly supportive policy | Informational—not binding | More than one stage | Not a binding measure | None scheduled | Governor's Data Center Advisory Committee (recommendations pending) Primary source |
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