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Recorded policy actions at the state level.

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State policy actions
Scope	Authority	Jurisdiction	Action	Status	Stage	Effective	Timing	Record
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Adopted—not yet effective	Reporting	1 January 2027	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center energy and sound reporting to the Energy Commission and local agencies Primary source · Reviewed alternate official source (23 September 2026)
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	Adopted—not yet effective	Operation	1 January 2027	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center transmission, distribution and generation tariffs required Primary source · Reviewed alternate official source (23 September 2026)
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	Adopted—not yet effective	Permitting	1 January 2027	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Water conditions before local data center permits Primary source · Reviewed alternate official source (23 September 2026)
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Adopted—not yet effective	Reporting	1 January 2027	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center water-use estimates and annual water-use reports Primary source · Reviewed alternate official source (23 September 2026)
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	Adopted—not yet effective	Operation	1 January 2027	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Commission assessment of data center rate structures Primary source · Reviewed alternate official source (23 September 2026)
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	Adopted—not yet effective	Interconnection	1 January 2027	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Commission tariffs for data center interconnection and service Primary source · Reviewed alternate official source (23 September 2026)
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	Adopted—not yet effective	Permitting	1 January 2027	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	CEQA applies to data center entitlements Primary source · Reviewed alternate official source (23 September 2026)
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 2888 proposed reporting and community-benefit requirements Primary source
Alabama Power service territory, Alabama Alabama	Alabama Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	19 October 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Alabama PSC Docket 33709: review procedures for Alabama Power's large data center contracts Primary source
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
Pacific Gas and Electric service territory, California California	California Public Utilities Commission Regulator or commission	State	Regulatory or tariff proceeding	Pending proceeding	Interconnection	Not in effect (open proceeding)	No expiration date recorded	CPUC draft Resolution E-5455: PG&E energization agreement for a Google data center (pending) 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
Virginia Virginia	State Water Control Board (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality) Government agency	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	9 September 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Water withdrawal reports must show water supplied to data centers (9VAC25-200-40) Primary source
AEP Ohio service territory, Ohio Ohio	Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	28 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	PUCO interim SSO rules for AEP Ohio data center customers Primary source
New Jersey New Jersey	New Jersey Legislature Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	27 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Semi-annual data center water and energy reports to the BPU Primary source
New Jersey New Jersey	New Jersey Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	27 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	End Data Center Tax Credits Act cuts Next New Jersey credits Primary source
Delaware Delaware	Delaware General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	26 August 2026	No expiration date recorded	Large energy use facility rate class and service agreements (85 Del. Laws c. 440) Primary source
Delaware Delaware	Delaware General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	26 August 2026	No expiration date recorded	Public bodies barred from data center nondisclosure agreements (85 Del. Laws c. 447) Primary source
New Jersey New Jersey	New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	More than one stage	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Local finance guidance on data center community benefits agreements Primary source
Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Kenergy Corp. service to the Hawesville data center campus, Hancock County, Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Big Rivers/Kenergy service agreement for the TeraWulf Hawesville data center approved Primary source
ERCOT power region, Texas Texas	Public Utility Commission of Texas Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	20 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Order letting ERCOT delay Batch Zero classification during the data-center audit Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	18 August 2026	No expiration date recorded	Revenue program guidelines add GRID consent-order condition 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
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Department of Commerce Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	More than one stage	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Responsible Data Center Development Plan (Commerce, August 2026) 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 · Archived copy (25 September 2026)
Entergy Louisiana service territory, Louisiana Louisiana	Louisiana Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Regulatory or tariff proceeding	Pending proceeding	Operation	Not in effect (open proceeding)	No expiration date recorded	Entergy Louisiana certification case for the Meta Evest data center (U-37882) Primary source
Massachusetts Massachusetts	Massachusetts General Court Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Reporting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HD.6293 physical AI infrastructure (data center) transparency provisions (filed petition) 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
Maine Maine	Maine Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	29 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data centers excluded from business equipment exemption and Dirigo incentives Primary source
Massachusetts Massachusetts	Massachusetts Senate Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 23 July 2026	Senate amendment 193 (S.3213) data center clean-energy and water permit conditions (rejected) Primary source
North Carolina North Carolina	North Carolina Department of Revenue, Sales and Use Tax Division Government agency	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	Reporting	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	NCDOR notice on the datacenter electricity-exemption repeal 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
Nebraska Nebraska	Nebraska Legislature Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	More than one stage	18 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center cost recovery and annual reporting duties 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
Vermont Vermont	Vermont Department of Public Service Government agency	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Construction	14 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Commercial energy-code requirements for data center rooms Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	12 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Annual data center energy and water reporting Primary source
Portland General Electric service territory in Oregon Oregon	Oregon Public Utility Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	PGE large-load tariff compliance approval Primary source
North Carolina North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	7 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	S.L. 2026-41 s. 44.4 repeals datacenter electricity exemptions Primary source
North Carolina North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	7 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Quarterly datacenter electricity-tax reporting (S.L. 2026-42) Primary source
New Jersey New Jersey	New Jersey Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	7 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Large data center electric service standards required of the BPU Primary source
Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Toledo Edison service territories, Ohio Ohio	Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Regulator or commission	State	Regulatory or tariff proceeding	Pending proceeding	Operation	Not in effect (open proceeding)	No expiration date recorded	PUCO review of FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' proposed data center tariff Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2026	Scheduled 30 June 2029	Pause on new data-center tax-relief applications Primary source
Florida Florida	Florida Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	SB 484 (2026): large load tariffs and large-scale data center water permits (ch. 2026-65) Primary source
Idaho Idaho	Idaho Legislature Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Operation	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Cooling-water limit for new data centers (Idaho Code 42-252) 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
Indiana Indiana	Indiana General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	HEA 1210 (2026): local payment condition on new data center sales tax certificates Primary source · Archived copy (18 March 2026)
Massachusetts Massachusetts	Massachusetts General Court Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	S.3166 conditions on the qualified data center exemption Primary source
Nebraska Nebraska	Nebraska Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	LB 901 (2026) repeal of the data center sales tax exemption Primary source
Oklahoma Oklahoma	Oklahoma Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026 (HB 2992) Primary source · Archived copy (2 September 2026)
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	PUC may charge data centers for reviewing service agreements Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Separate electric service terms and water reporting for data centers Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data Center Electricity Consumption Tax (2026 Special Session I budget, Item 3-5.24) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center air permits: Tier 4 equivalent generator emission limits (Va. Code 10.1-1322.6) Primary source
Washington Washington	Washington State Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Replacement-equipment exemption removed Primary source
Delaware Delaware	Delaware General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 353 (2026): proposed statewide data center moratorium Primary source
Montana-Dakota Utilities service near Center, North Dakota North Dakota	North Dakota Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Regulatory or tariff proceeding	Pending proceeding	Operation	Not in effect (open proceeding)	No expiration date recorded	ND PSC PU-26-235: MDU service agreement for a data center near Center (pending) 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
NIPSCO electric service territory, Indiana Indiana	Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	17 June 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	IURC Cause 46322: NIPSCO special contract for Amazon data centers Primary source
Illinois Illinois	Illinois General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data Center Investment program tax exemptions and credits Primary source
Illinois Illinois	Illinois General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	16 June 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Public Act 104-0468 amendment to the data center investment section 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
Oregon Oregon	Oregon Legislative Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	5 June 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Enterprise-zone limits for data centers Primary source
New Jersey New Jersey	New Jersey Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act (introduced) Primary source
Alabama Alabama	Alabama Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 June 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Limits on data processing center tax abatements (Act 2026-573) Primary source · Archived copy (18 May 2026)
Illinois Illinois	Illinois General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	1 June 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Emission standards for data center backup generator permits 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)
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	19 May 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Act 242 (2026): data centers excluded from new provider tax exemption Primary source
Portland General Electric service territory in Oregon Oregon	Oregon Public Utility Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	7 May 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	PGE data-center cost-allocation order Primary source
Utah Utah	Utah Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	6 May 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Local incentives for large load data centers barred from May 2027 Primary source
Utah Utah	Utah Legislature Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	6 May 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Water-use reporting for new large data centers (H.B. 76) Primary source
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
AES Indiana service territory, Indiana Indiana	Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Regulator or commission	State	Regulatory or tariff proceeding	Pending proceeding	Operation	Not in effect (open proceeding)	No expiration date recorded	IURC Cause 46394: AES Indiana agreements for a planned Monrovia data center (pending) Primary source
California California	California Public Utilities Commission Regulator or commission	State	Regulatory or tariff proceeding	Pending proceeding	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	Rate design rulemaking that includes data center rates Primary source
Texas Texas	Public Utility Commission of Texas Regulator or commission	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Completed	Reporting	2 April 2026	Ended 10 July 2026	One-time energy and water use survey of data centers Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Department of Commerce (Department of Economic Development) Government agency	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	1 April 2026	Scheduled 1 August 2031	145 CSR 20: certification rule for microgrid districts and high impact data centers Primary source
DTE Electric service territory, Michigan Michigan	Michigan Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	MPSC Case U-21990: rehearing and reopening of Saline data center contracts denied Primary source
Pacific Gas and Electric service territory, California California	California Public Utilities Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	19 March 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	CPUC Resolution E-5433: PG&E transmission energization agreement for a Menlo Equities data center Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	13 March 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	HB 4983 (2026) authorizes the 145 CSR 20 certification rule Primary source
Consumers Energy electric service territory, Michigan Michigan	Michigan Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	MPSC Case U-21859: rehearing of Consumers Energy large load terms denied Primary source
New York New York	New York Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Regulatory or tariff proceeding	Pending proceeding	Interconnection	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	Large-load interconnection proceeding (Energize NY Development) Primary source
Pacific Gas and Electric service territory, California California	California Public Utilities Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	15 January 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	CPUC Resolution E-5439: PG&E transmission energization agreement for a Microsoft data center Primary source
Mississippi Mississippi	Mississippi Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data Center Enterprises tax exemptions (Department of Revenue description) Primary source
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	1 January 2026	Scheduled 1 January 2031	Commission assessment of data center cost shifts Primary source · Reviewed alternate official source (23 September 2026)
Indiana Indiana	Indiana General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 January 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	HEA 1601 (2025): data center exemption chapter extended to quantum and advanced computing networks Primary source · Archived copy (8 April 2026)
DTE Electric service territory, Michigan Michigan	Michigan Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	MPSC Case U-21990: DTE special contracts for the Saline Township data center Primary source
Evergy Missouri Metro and Evergy Missouri West service territories, Missouri Missouri	Missouri Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	13 December 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Missouri PSC approval of Evergy large load power service plan Primary source · Archived copy (4 October 2026)
Massachusetts Massachusetts	Massachusetts General Court Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HD.5404 data center electricity cost petition Primary source
Consumers Energy electric service territory, Michigan Michigan	Michigan Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	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	MPSC Case U-21859: Consumers Energy Rate GPD large load terms Primary source
Pacific Gas and Electric service territory, California California	California Public Utilities Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	30 October 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	CPUC Resolution E-5420: PG&E transmission energization agreement for a STACK Infrastructure data center Primary source
East Kentucky Power Cooperative owner-member service territories, Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	30 October 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	EKPC Data Center Power Tariff (Rate DCP) approved Primary source
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Vetoed	Reporting	Never took effect (vetoed)	Ended 11 October 2025	AB 93 data center water-use reporting (vetoed) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center equipment sales-tax exemption Primary source
Delmarva Power & Light Company service territory, Delaware Delaware	Delaware Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Regulatory or tariff proceeding	Pending proceeding	Interconnection	Not in effect (open proceeding)	No expiration date recorded	Delmarva large load tariff proceeding (Docket 25-0826) Primary source
Delmarva Power & Light Company service territory, Delaware Delaware	Delaware Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Grid-interconnection pause	In effect	Interconnection	3 September 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Delmarva interconnection pause for prospective loads of 25 MW or more Primary source
AEP Ohio service territory, Ohio Ohio	Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Regulator or commission	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	PUCO denial of rehearing on the AEP Ohio data center tariff Primary source
Entergy Louisiana service territory, Louisiana Louisiana	Louisiana Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	29 August 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	LPSC Order U-37425: Entergy resources for a Richland Parish data center Primary source
Florida Florida	Florida Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 August 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	HB 7031 (2025) section 46 amends the data center property exemption Primary source
AEP Ohio service territory, Ohio Ohio	Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Regulator or commission	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	PUCO approval of AEP Ohio data center tariff pages Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	11 July 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	HB 2014: certified microgrid and high impact data center program; local preemption Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	10 July 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	2025 Wisconsin Act 16: data center tax incremental district exception Primary source
Kansas Kansas	Kansas Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	Incentive	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Revenue notice on the data center sales tax exemption Primary source
Indiana Indiana	Indiana General Assembly Legislature	State	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	Construction	1 July 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	SEA 431 (2025): conditions on data center construction by foreign-adversary companies Primary source · Archived copy (4 October 2026)
Kansas Kansas	Kansas Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Qualified data centers excluded from economic development electric rate discounts Primary source
Kansas Kansas	Kansas Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Security review before incentives for qualified data centers Primary source
Kansas Kansas	Kansas Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Qualified data center 20-year sales tax exemption Primary source
Minnesota Minnesota	Minnesota Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Electricity exemption removed after June 2025 Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Vetoed	Incentive	Never took effect (vetoed)	Ended 30 June 2025	H.B. 96 cutoff on new data center exemption agreements (item vetoed) Primary source
Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	27 June 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	HB 775 (2025), Acts ch. 98, sec. 34: qualified data center project investment thresholds Primary source
Oregon Oregon	Oregon Legislative Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	16 June 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	POWER Act: separate rate class for 20 MW+ large energy use facilities (data centers) Primary source
Minnesota Minnesota	Minnesota Legislature Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Permitting	15 June 2025	No expiration date recorded	Water-use permit conditions for large data centers Primary source
Minnesota Minnesota	Minnesota Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	15 June 2025	No expiration date recorded	Annual fee on qualified large-scale data centers Primary source
Minnesota Minnesota	Minnesota Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	Several dates apply; see the source	No expiration date recorded	2025 data center act (H.F. 16) Primary source
Iowa Iowa	Iowa General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	6 June 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	2025 duration limits on data center fuel and electricity exemptions 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
Montana Montana	Montana Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	13 May 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	2025 amendments to data center property class and sale of data center power Primary source
California California	California Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 31 January 2026	AB 1095 data center waste-heat financing (did not pass) Primary source · Reviewed alternate official source (23 September 2026)
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	17 April 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Enterprise data center sales tax exemption Primary source
Arkansas Arkansas	Arkansas General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Act 548 of 2025 amendments to the data center sales and use tax exemption Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	2 April 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Enterprise data center use tax exemption Primary source
Louisiana (LPSC-jurisdictional utilities) Louisiana	Louisiana Public Service Commission Regulator or commission	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	LPSC directive to Staff to review data-center cybersecurity effects on utility infrastructure 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
Virginia Virginia	Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	More than one stage	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	JLARC study: Data Centers in Virginia (2024) Primary source
Louisiana Louisiana	Louisiana Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	More than one stage	4 December 2024	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Sales and use tax exemption for approved data center facilities Primary source
Massachusetts Massachusetts	Massachusetts General Court Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	Qualified data center sales and use tax exemption (St. 2024, c. 238) Primary source
Iowa Iowa	Iowa Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	28 August 2024	Scheduled 28 August 2029	Revenue rules implementing the data center exemption and refunds Primary source
Montana-Dakota Utilities service to the Leola site, South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Regulator or commission	State	Regulatory or tariff proceeding	Pending proceeding	Operation	Not in effect (open proceeding)	No expiration date recorded	SD PUC EL24-028: MDU Rate 45 service agreement with Leola Data Center (pending) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	Incentive	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Department of Revenue guidance on the qualified data center exemption (Fact Sheet 2114) Primary source
New Jersey New Jersey	New Jersey Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	25 July 2024	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Next New Jersey Program tax credits for AI and AI data center businesses Primary source
Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	15 July 2024	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center equipment sales-tax exemption Primary source
Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	15 July 2024	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Qualified data center project approval program (KRS 154.20-226) Primary source
Maryland Maryland	Maryland General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	1 July 2024	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024 (ch. 411, SB 474) Primary source
Arkansas Arkansas	Arkansas General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	3 May 2024	No expiration date recorded	Act 173 amendments to the Arkansas Data Centers Act Primary source
Mississippi Mississippi	Mississippi Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	30 January 2024	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Major Economic Impact Act amendments for certain data center projects (2024) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	1 October 2023	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Qualified data center certification by WEDC (Wis. Stat. 238.40) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	More than one stage	1 October 2023	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Qualified data center sales and use tax exemption (Wis. Stat. 77.54(70)) Primary source
Idaho Power Company service territory, Idaho Idaho	Idaho Public Utilities Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	IPUC Order 35777: Idaho Power special contract for a data center Primary source
Arkansas Arkansas	Arkansas General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	Arkansas Data Centers Act of 2023 (Act 851) Primary source
Arkansas Arkansas	Arkansas General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Act 819 of 2023 data center sales and use tax exemption Primary source
Illinois Illinois	Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	22 December 2022	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data Center Investment Program administrative rules (14 Ill. Adm. Code 521) Primary source
Florida Florida	Florida Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	14 June 2022	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Rule 12A-1.108, F.A.C.: exemption for data center property Primary source
Georgia Georgia	Georgia General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	9 May 2022	Scheduled 31 December 2031	Act 842 revises thresholds and extends exemption Primary source · Archived copy (4 June 2023)
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	1 January 2022	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Computer data center equipment sales and use tax exemption Primary source
Connecticut Connecticut	Connecticut General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2021	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Qualified data center tax exemptions (section 32-286) Primary source
District of Columbia District of Columbia	Department of Energy and Environment Government agency	District (state-level)	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	30 April 2021	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	2021 energy standard for the Data Center property type Primary source · Archived copy (4 October 2026)
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	2021 extension of the data center certification cutoff to 2033 Primary source
Idaho Idaho	Idaho Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2020	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Sales and use tax exemption for data center server equipment Primary source
Maryland Maryland	Maryland General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2020	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Qualified data center sales and use tax exemption (Tax-General 11-239) Primary source
Missouri Missouri	Missouri General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	28 August 2018	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data storage center sales and use tax exemption Primary source
North Dakota North Dakota	North Dakota Legislative Assembly Legislature	State	Expired, repealed, vetoed or blocked action	Expired	Incentive	1 January 2015	Ended 31 December 2020	Earlier data center sales tax exemption (expired 2020) Primary source
Nebraska Nebraska	Nebraska Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Repealed	Incentive	1 January 2013	Ended 1 July 2026	Former sales tax exemption for data center property used outside Nebraska Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2010	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center retail sales-tax exemption Primary source
New York New York	New York State Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	1 September 2000	No expiration date recorded	Sales tax exemption for Internet data center operators Primary source
Alaska Alaska	Alaska State Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	CSSB 250 data center utility-cost and contract bill (passed Senate only) Primary source
Alabama Alabama	Alabama Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Chapter 9B tax abatements for data processing centers Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Computer data center tax relief Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	HB 2119 earlier data center certification cutoff (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	HB 2452 (2026) county comprehensive plans to designate data center land uses (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	HB 2467 repeal of data center incentives (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	HB 2631 (2026) repeal of computer data center tax relief (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	HB 2702 (2026) data center tax relief repeal and TPT to solar fund (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	HB 2738 (2026) cost responsibility agreements for data center tax relief (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	HB 2820 (2026) data center incentive repeal and energy/water requirements (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	HB 2949 (2026) large data centers to pay their energy costs (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	HB 4009 (2026) State Land Department map of state land for data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	SB 1380 (2026) large load customers incl. data centers to pay energy costs (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	SB 1463 (2026) repeal of computer data center tax relief (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	SB 1467 (2026) repeal of computer data center tax relief (did not pass) Primary source
Arizona Arizona	Arizona Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 June 2026	SB 1799 data center certification changes (did not pass) Primary source
California California	California Energy Commission Government agency	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	More than one stage	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Energy Commission data center page: demand forecasting and backup-generation permitting role Primary source
Colorado Colorado	Colorado General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 7 May 2026	House Bill 26-1030 data center incentive program (did not pass) Primary source
Colorado Colorado	Colorado General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 30 April 2026	House Bill 26-1246 consumer-regulated electric utilities (did not pass) Primary source
Colorado Colorado	Colorado General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 30 April 2024	Senate Bill 24-085 data center sales and use tax rebate (did not pass) Primary source
Colorado Colorado	Colorado General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 11 May 2026	Senate Bill 26-102 on large-load data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Florida Florida	Florida Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	More than one stage	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Sales tax exemption for data center property Primary source
Florida Florida	Florida Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Reporting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 March 2026	HB 1517 (2026) data center disclosure bill (did not pass) Primary source
Florida Florida	Florida Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 March 2026	CS/SB 1118 (2026): public records exemption for data center location plans (did not pass) Primary source
Georgia Georgia	Georgia Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Scheduled 31 December 2031	High-technology data center equipment exemption Primary source
Georgia Georgia	Georgia General Assembly (vetoed by the Governor) Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Vetoed	Incentive	Never took effect (vetoed)	Ended 7 May 2024	HB 1192 (2024) data center certificate pause, vetoed Primary source
Hawaii Hawaii	Hawaii Legislature Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	Reporting	Not a binding measure	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	HCR 206 (2026): working group to study large data center impacts Primary source
Hawaii Hawaii	Hawaii House of Representatives Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	Reporting	Not a binding measure	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	HR 196 (2026): House request for a large data center study Primary source
Hawaii Hawaii	Hawaii State Senate Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	Reporting	Not a binding measure	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	SR 90 (2026): Senate request for a large data center study Primary source
Iowa Iowa	Iowa General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	More than one stage	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center business sales tax exemption Primary source
Iowa Iowa	Iowa General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center sales and use tax refunds (Iowa Code 423.4) Primary source
Idaho Idaho	Idaho Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 4 April 2025	House Bill 315 (2025) data center exemption limits (did not pass) Primary source
Idaho Idaho	Idaho Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 2 April 2026	House Bill 609 (2026) data center exemption end date (did not pass) Primary source
Idaho Idaho	Idaho Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 2 April 2026	House Bill 820 (2026) data center exemption limits (did not pass) Primary source
Idaho Idaho	Idaho Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 2 April 2026	House Bill 897 (2026) data center exemption limits (did not pass) Primary source
Illinois Illinois	Illinois General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5513 on hyperscale data centers (pending) Primary source
Illinois Illinois	Illinois General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Senate Bill 4016 on hyperscale data centers (pending) Primary source
Indiana Indiana	Indiana Economic Development Corporation Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center sales-and-use tax exemption Primary source
Indiana Indiana	Indiana General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Scheduled 1 July 2027	HEA 1406 (2026) section 27: state study of data center tax incentives and impacts Primary source · Archived copy (3 October 2026)
Indiana Indiana	Indiana General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Local property tax exemption for data center IT equipment (IC 6-1.1-10-44) Primary source · Archived copy (4 October 2026)
Kansas Kansas	Kansas Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 10 April 2026	Senate Bill 400 (2026) on data center closed-loop cooling Primary source
Kansas Kansas	Kansas Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 10 April 2026	Senate Bill 526 (2026) on zoning conditions for the data center exemption Primary source
Kansas Kansas	Kansas Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 10 April 2026	Senate Bill 531 (2026) on data centers in drought counties Primary source
Kansas Kansas	Kansas Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 30 April 2024	Senate Bill 545 (2024) data center sales tax exemption Primary source
Kansas Kansas	Kansas Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 30 April 2024	Substitute for House Bill 2450 (2024) data center sales tax exemption Primary source
Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 15 April 2026	HB 544 (2026): Kentucky Ratepayer Protection Act for 100 MW+ data centers Primary source
Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 15 April 2026	HB 593 (2026): data center electric-service contract and tariff requirements Primary source
Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 15 April 2026	HB 856 (2026): data center water feasibility study and annual water-use report Primary source
Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 15 April 2026	SB 319 (2026): decommissioning plans for data centers on agricultural land Primary source
Kentucky Kentucky	Kentucky General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 15 April 2026	SB 330 (2026): limits on public-agency nondisclosure agreements about data centers Primary source
Louisiana Louisiana	Louisiana Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 1 June 2026	HB 1206 (2026): data center water-use permitting and reporting Primary source
Louisiana Louisiana	Louisiana Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 12 June 2025	HCR 61 (2025): data center interagency natural-resource task force Primary source
Maryland Maryland	Maryland General Assembly Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	Several dates apply; see the source	Scheduled 30 June 2027	Data center impact analysis and report (2025 ch. 10, SB 116) Primary source
Maryland (the construction limit applies only in Baltimore City) Maryland	Maryland General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Utility RELIEF Act data center provisions (2026 ch. 353, HB 1532) Primary source
Maryland Maryland	Maryland General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Construction	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 April 2026	HB 120 (2026) statewide data center construction moratorium (did not pass) Primary source
Maryland Maryland	Maryland General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 April 2026	HB 560 (2026) repeal of data center tax exemptions (did not pass) Primary source
Maryland Maryland	Maryland General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Local option to reduce property tax on data center personal property (TP 7-248) 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	No expiration date recorded	Data Center Advisory Council and ratepayer protection order Primary source · Archived copy (16 July 2026)
Maine Maine	Maine Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Vetoed	Permitting	Never took effect (vetoed)	Ended 29 April 2026	L.D. 307 temporary halt on 20 MW data center approvals (vetoed) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5396 of 2025 to repeal the data center sales tax exemption (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5397 of 2025 to repeal the data center use tax exemption (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Proposal	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5399 of 2025, data center nondisclosure agreement prohibition act (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5594 of 2026 for a moratorium on new data centers (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5595 of 2026 for a moratorium on MPSC approvals of new enterprise data centers (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5776 of 2026 on property tax exemption for public university data centers (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5777 of 2026, large-scale data center life cycle financial responsibility act (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5787 of 2026 tying the data center sales tax exemption to a construction labor act (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5882 of 2026, data center planning and responsibility act on local moratoriums (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 5982 of 2026 requiring contested cases for data center utility contracts (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 6135 of 2026 on large-load electric rates for data centers (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Construction	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 6137 of 2026, data center community benefit agreement act (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Construction	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 6138 of 2026, data center water regulation act (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Proposal	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 6140 of 2026, data center transparency act on nondisclosure agreements (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Reporting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 6265 of 2026, data center reporting act (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Renaissance zone levies not collected on data center property at a 2016 zone site (MCL 211.7ff(7)) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Strategic Fund Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Michigan Strategic Fund enterprise data center exemption guidelines Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Senate Bill 1018 of 2026 for a moratorium on new data centers (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Senate Bill 1020 of 2026 for a moratorium on MPSC approvals of new enterprise data centers (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Senate Bill 1179 of 2026, data center transparency and accountability act (pending) Primary source
Michigan Michigan	Michigan Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Reporting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Senate Bill 762 of 2025 on public reports of data center water and energy use (pending) Primary source
Minnesota Minnesota	Minnesota Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Qualified data center sales-tax exemption Primary source
Minnesota Minnesota	Minnesota Environmental Quality Board Government agency	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	Permitting	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Environmental Quality Board guidance on environmental review for data centers (FAQ) Primary source
Mississippi Mississippi	Mississippi Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 29 March 2025	House Bill 1239 (2025) on data center exemption definitions Primary source
Mississippi Mississippi	Mississippi Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 16 April 2024	Senate Bill 3106 (2024) on data center exemption definitions Primary source
Mississippi Mississippi	Mississippi Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 18 March 2025	Senate Bill 3168 (2025) on data center exemption definitions and extensions Primary source
Montana Montana	Montana Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Class seventeen property tax rate for qualified data centers Primary source
North Carolina North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Sales tax exemptions for datacenter equipment (G.S. 105-164.13) Primary source
North Carolina North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	H 1002 (2025 Session): Rate Payer Protection Act (pending in committee) Primary source
North Carolina North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	H 1063 (2025 Session): Ratepayer and Resource Protection Act (pending in committee) Primary source
North Carolina North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	H 1180 (2025 Session): Data Center Amendments (pending in committee) Primary source
North Carolina North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	H 1189 (2025 Session): Datacenter Transparency Act (pending in committee) Primary source
North Carolina North Carolina	North Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Senate Bill 730 (2025-2026): Ratepayer Protection Act with data center siting and operation requirements (pending) Primary source
North Dakota North Dakota	North Dakota Legislative Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 17 January 2025	House Bill 1427 on Public Service Commission siting of data centers (withdrawn) Primary source
North Dakota North Dakota	North Dakota Legislative Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Sales tax exemption for qualified data center IT equipment Primary source
North Dakota North Dakota	North Dakota Legislative Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 3 September 2026	Senate Bill 2406 on data center nondisclosure agreements (did not pass) Primary source
Nebraska Nebraska	Nebraska Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Nebraska Advantage Act tier 2 benefits for large data center projects (closed to new applications after 2020) Primary source
New Hampshire New Hampshire	New Hampshire General Court Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Construction	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 11 March 2026	HB 1265 (2026) one-year data center construction moratorium bill (did not pass) Primary source
New Hampshire New Hampshire	New Hampshire General Court Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 12 March 2026	HB 1722 (2026) large-energy-use facility rate class bill (did not pass) Primary source
New Hampshire New Hampshire	New Hampshire General Court Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 19 February 2026	HB 1739 (2026) data-center campus incentives and grid agreements bill (did not pass) Primary source
New Hampshire New Hampshire	New Hampshire General Court Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 19 August 2026	SB 439 (2026) municipal data center zoning bill (did not pass) Primary source
Nevada Nevada	Nevada Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Scheduled 31 December 2056	Partial tax abatement for a data center Primary source
New York New York	New York State Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Data center permit moratorium bill (in committee) Primary source
New York New York	New York State Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Bill to repeal the Internet data center sales tax exemption Primary source
New York New York	New York State Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Responsible Data Center Development Act (passed both houses, not signed) Primary source
New York New York	New York State Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	A9039-B/S8540-A Accountability of Costs for Data Centers Act (pending bill) Primary source
New York New York	New York State Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Sustainable Data Centers Act (in committee) Primary source
New York New York	Empire State Development Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	More than one stage	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Voluntary Community Investment Framework for data center host communities Primary source
New York New York	New York State Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Data center grid modernization surcharge bill (in committee) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	H.B. 646 Data Center Study Commission bill (pending) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 706 (2026) on minimum requirements for data center customers (pending) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 710 (2026) to prohibit public support for and limit construction of new data centers (pending) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Reporting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 784 (2026) on data center water consumption reports (pending) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 957 (2026) to prohibit new data center sales tax exemptions (pending) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	H.B. 983 Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act (introduced) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	House Bill 999 (2026) to prohibit property tax exemptions for data centers (pending) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	S.B. 374 bill to stop new data center sales tax exemptions (pending) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Senate Bill 378 (2026), Responsible Water Use by Data Centers Act (pending) Primary source
Ohio Ohio	Ohio General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Interconnection	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	Senate Bill 381 (2026) requiring PUCO approval of data center grid interconnection agreements (pending) Primary source
Oklahoma Oklahoma	Oklahoma Department of Commerce Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	Incentive	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Commerce sheet on tax incentives available to data centers Primary source
Oregon Oregon	Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	Permitting	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	DEQ streamlined air permit path for data centers with Tier 4-level backup engines 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	No expiration date recorded	Governor's Data Center Advisory Committee (recommendations pending) Primary source
Oregon Oregon	Oregon Legislative Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 27 June 2025	HB 3698 (2025) data center water/electricity reporting and generator emissions (did not pass) Primary source
Oregon Oregon	Oregon Legislative Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Reporting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 27 June 2025	SB 553 (2025) data center power-usage study (did not pass) Primary source
Oregon Oregon	Oregon Public Utility Commission Regulator or commission	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	Reporting	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	PUC POWER Act biennial report on data center load (2026) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Government agency	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	Permitting	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	DEP template GRID consent order and agreement for data centers (model document) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 1667 omnibus with data center incentive repeal (pending concurrence) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 1834 commercial data center regulation (passed House) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Reporting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 2150 data center energy and water reporting bill (pending) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Proposal	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 2151 data center ordinance assistance bill (pending) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 2198 repeal of the data center equipment incentive (passed House) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 2359 changes to the data center equipment incentive (passed House) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 2496 municipal pause on data center proposals (passed House) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Reporting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 2515 commercial data center energy, water and noise transparency bill (pending) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 2650 data center certification prohibition and GRID standards (passed House) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 2760 data center water supply restoration bill (pending) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 1345 optional municipal moratorium on high impact data center applications (pending) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 1359 statewide hyperscale data center moratorium (in committee) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Proposal	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 1408 public agency nondisclosure agreements with data centers bill (pending) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 939 AI, data center and emerging technology regulatory sandbox bill (pending) Primary source
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 991 data center siting permitting process bill (pending) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	More than one stage	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Datacenter equipment and electricity sales tax exemption Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	Incentive	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Revenue Ruling #13-5: datacenter sales and use tax exemption guidance Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	House Bill 4583 (2026) "South Carolina Data Center Responsibility Act" (did not pass) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	House Bill 4925 (2026) "Datacenter": exemption extended to related persons (did not pass) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	House Bill 5215 (2026) "Data Center Utility Costs" (did not pass) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	House Joint Resolution 5286 (2026) "Data Center Moratorium" (did not pass) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	House Bill 5484 (2026) "Energy Affordability Act" (did not pass) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	House Joint Resolution 5526 (2026) "Data Center Moratorium" (did not pass) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Reporting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	Senate Bill 724 (2026) "Commercial Data Center Water Usage Report" (did not pass) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	Senate Bill 784 (2026) "Energy" (did not pass) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	Senate Bill 867 (2026) "Data Center Development Act" (did not pass) Primary source
South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 May 2026	Senate Bill 902 (2026) "Data Center Siting Act" (did not pass) Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 4 February 2026	House Bill 1005 (2026) data center sales tax exemption Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 20 February 2026	House Bill 1246 (2026) on data center nondisclosure agreements Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 18 February 2026	House Bill 1301 (2026) data center electricity costs and moratorium Primary source
Leola site, FEM Electric Association service area, South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Regulator or commission	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	SD PUC EL24-027: electric provider assigned for the Leola data center Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 18 February 2026	Senate Bill 127 (2026) on data center siting and noise Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 18 February 2026	Senate Bill 128 (2026) on large-use data center water duties Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 13 February 2025	Senate Bill 177 (2025) data center sales and use tax refund (did not pass) Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Construction	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 18 February 2026	Senate Bill 232 (2026) hyperscale data center moratorium Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 18 February 2026	Senate Bill 234 (2026) data center purchases tax exemption Primary source
South Dakota South Dakota	South Dakota Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 18 February 2026	Senate Bill 235 (2026) alternative data center bill of rights Primary source
Tennessee Tennessee	Tennessee Department of Revenue Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	Incentive	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Revenue manual section on the qualified data center exemption Primary source · Archived copy (4 October 2026)
Texas Texas	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center sales-tax exemption Primary source
Utah Utah	Utah Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Sales tax exemption for qualifying data center equipment Primary source
Utah Utah	Utah Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Reporting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 6 March 2026	H.B. 585 (2026) large data center energy reporting (did not pass) Primary source
Utah Utah	Utah Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 6 March 2026	S.B. 318 (2026) data center non-disclosure agreements (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Department of Energy data center waste-heat work group and report (2026 c. 591) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center fixtures at 100 percent of cost-approach value (2026 Special Session I budget, Item 3-5.18) Primary source · Archived copy (8 October 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Data center fixtures assessed by the cost approach for real property tax (Va. Code 58.1-3295.3) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Separate local property-tax class for data center computer equipment (Va. Code 58.1-3506 A 43) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Government agency	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	Permitting	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	DEQ guidance APG-576: presumptive BACT for data center diesel generators Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	HB 1101 (2026): data center revenue in the school funding formula (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 1132 (2026): local use of data center tax revenue for residential energy programs (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (12 February 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 1515 (2026): proposed temporary pause on local data center approvals (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (13 September 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	HB 154 (2026): public notice of data center emergency generator operation (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 1984 (2025): data center distance from parks, schools and homes (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2026 (2025): local zoning review for data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2028 (2025): one-time school fee from new data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2101 (2025): SCC proceedings on data center cost allocation (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2377 (2025): water-saving cooling in local comprehensive plans for data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2422 (2025): separate utility customer class for data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2428 (2025): digital asset mining in the data center property-tax class (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2578 (2025): clean-energy and generator conditions on the data center sales-tax exemption (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2684 (2025): stranded-cost plan for new data center customers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2685 (2025): pausing the data center sales-tax exemption for new Planning District 8 data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2712 (2025): local authority to require water, sound and power estimates for data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	HB 2715 (2025): wage conditions on the data center sales-tax exemption (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 503 (2026): recovering data-center-driven utility costs from data center customers (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (8 June 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	HB 511 (2026): local zoning review for data centers (incorporated into HB 153; did not pass on its own) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Reporting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	HB 589 (2026): monthly reporting of water supplied to data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 591 (2026): statement of Commonwealth policy on data centers (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (28 July 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Permitting	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 607 (2026): DEQ study of aggregate air pollution from data center generators (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (11 September 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	HB 641 (2026): data center land preservation tax (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (7 July 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	HB 658 (2026): SCC review of cost allocation between data centers and other customers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	HB 784 (2026): annual public report on data center sales-tax exemptions (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	HB 824 (2026): work group on data center energy generation and storage (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	HB 897 (2026): clean-energy conditions on the data center sales-tax exemption (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	HB 961 (2026): narrowing the data center sales-tax exemption (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	SB 1045 (2025): data centers only on industrial-classified property (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	SB 1046 (2025): noise, notice and generator-disclosure conditions for data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	SB 1196 (2025): energy-efficiency conditions on the data center sales-tax exemption (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	SB 1243 (2025): distribution infrastructure costs for data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	SB 1358 (2025): underground transmission pilot with costs assigned to data center customers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	SB 1425 (2025): ending the data center sales-tax exemption (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	SB 334 (2026): public hearing before localities convey easements for data center operations (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 336 (2026): SCC evaluation of data center generator tiers (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (2 July 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 393 (2026): data center land preservation tax (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (7 June 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 417 (2026): reclaimed-water condition for Cloud Computing Cluster grants (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (28 July 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	SB 465 (2026): energy-efficiency conditions on the data center sales-tax exemption (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Operation	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 466 (2026): distribution infrastructure costs for data centers (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (13 April 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Construction	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 521 (2026): rainwater harvesting at new or expanded data centers (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (10 October 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	SB 552 (2026): DEQ site-assessment standards for large data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	SB 899 (2025): local zoning provisions on data center water use (did not pass) Primary source
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	Incentive	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	SB 93 (2026): data center sales-tax exemption where a tenant is a bank (carried over) Primary source · Archived copy (21 February 2026)
Virginia Virginia	Virginia General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 22 February 2025	SB 960 (2025): SCC proceedings on data center cost allocation (did not pass) Primary source
Vermont Vermont	Vermont General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Vetoed	More than one stage	Never took effect (vetoed)	Ended 29 May 2026	H.727 sustainable data centers bill, veto sustained Primary source
Vermont Vermont	Vermont General Assembly Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Construction	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 29 May 2026	S.205 (2026) AI data center moratorium bill (did not pass) Primary source
Washington Washington	Washington State Department of Ecology Government agency	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	Informational—not binding	Permitting	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Ecology data center air permitting page (backup diesel generators) Primary source
Washington Washington	Washington State Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Proposed	More than one stage	Not enacted	No expiration date recorded	E2SHB 2515 data center (emerging large energy use facility) bill (passed House only) Primary source
Washington Washington	Washington State Legislature Legislature	State	Expired, repealed, vetoed or blocked action	Expired	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	Ended 1 July 2026	Refurbishment path of rural data center exemption expired Primary source
Washington Washington	Washington State Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Scheduled 1 July 2048	Rural-county data center use-tax exemption Primary source
Washington Washington	Washington State Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Scheduled 1 July 2043	Large-county data center use-tax exemption Primary source
Washington Washington	Washington State Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Scheduled 1 July 2048	Rural-county data center sales-tax exemption Primary source
Washington Washington	Washington State Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Scheduled 1 July 2038	Large-county data center sales-tax exemption Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 23 March 2026	Assembly Bill 1036 (2025) on data center nondisclosure agreements (did not pass) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 23 March 2026	Assembly Bill 1099 (2025) statewide data center moratorium (did not pass) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 23 March 2026	Assembly Bill 722 (2025) on large energy customers and data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 23 March 2026	Assembly Bill 840 (2025) on data center energy and water requirements (did not pass) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Operation	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 23 March 2026	Senate Bill 1061 (2025) statewide data center moratorium (did not pass) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 23 March 2026	Senate Bill 729 (2025) on large energy customers and data centers (did not pass) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 23 March 2026	Senate Bill 843 (2025) on data center energy and water requirements (did not pass) Primary source
Wisconsin Wisconsin	Wisconsin Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Proposal	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 23 March 2026	Senate Bill 969 (2025) on data center nondisclosure agreements (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Scheduled 31 December 2055	High impact data center property valuation and tax distribution Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 12 April 2025	House Bill 3137 (2025): Relating to establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within the state (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	House Bill 4822 (2026): To redirect data center tax revenue to PEIA, counties, and schools (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	House Bill 4854 (2026): Prohibiting the state or any political subdivision from subsidizing any data center in West Virginia (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Construction	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	House Bill 4948 (2026): To create a buffer zone between a data center and residence, school or house of worship (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	House Bill 5590 (2026): Create a limited and predictable water-quantity review framework for High Impact Data Centers (HIDCs) in West Virginia (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Permitting	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	House Bill 5620 (2026): To restore local control in the decision making process in regard to data centers (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 12 April 2025	Senate Bill 583 (2025): Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	Senate Bill 623 (2026): Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within WV (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	Senate Bill 652 (2026): Relating to distribution of tax revenues collected from data centers (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 14 March 2026	Senate Bill 658 (2026): Relating to certified microgrid district projects and certified high impact data center projects (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	More than one stage	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 12 April 2025	Senate Bill 803 (2025): Relating to data centers (did not pass) Primary source
West Virginia West Virginia	West Virginia Legislature Legislature	State	Legislation introduced (any outcome)	Did not pass	Incentive	Never took effect (did not pass)	Ended 12 April 2025	Senate Bill 857 (2025): Establishing economic incentives for data centers to locate within state (did not pass) Primary source
Wyoming Wyoming	Wyoming Legislature Legislature	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Sales tax exemption for data processing services center equipment Primary source
Wyoming Wyoming	Wyoming Business Council Government agency	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	Informational—not binding	Incentive	Not a binding measure	No expiration date recorded	Business Ready Community managed data center cost reduction grant (program page) Primary source

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