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Scope	Authority	Jurisdiction	Action	Status	Stage	Effective	Timing	Record
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
City of Cleveland, Ohio Ohio	Cleveland City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	19 October 2026	Scheduled 29 January 2027	Cleveland: standalone data center permit pause extended to 29 January 2027 (Emergency Ordinance 1246-2026) Primary source
City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wisconsin	Milwaukee Common Council Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	17 October 2026	No expiration date recorded	Milwaukee: temporary data-center pause effective 17 October 2026 (File 251924) Primary source
Unincorporated Johnson County, Iowa Iowa	Johnson County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	15 October 2026	Scheduled 8 August 2027	Johnson County: data-center approval pause extended to 8 August 2027 Primary source
PJM region (multistate) 14 jurisdictions listed, 14 only in part · Covered jurisdictions	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Regulator or commission	Regional grid	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	12 October 2026	No expiration date recorded	PJM: Large Load definition and registry accepted by FERC; capacity and curtailment rules rejected (ER26-3515) Primary source
Joyfield Township, Michigan Michigan	Joyfield Township Board Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	7 October 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Joyfield Township: 12-month moratorium on data center and crypto mining approvals (Resolution 2026-07) Primary source
Unincorporated Mendocino County, California California	Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	6 October 2026	Scheduled 21 August 2028	Mendocino County (unincorporated): extension of data center moratorium to 21 August 2028 (Ordinance No. 4562) Primary source
City of Oakland, California California	Oakland City Council Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	6 October 2026	No expiration date recorded	Oakland: interim data-center moratorium effective 6 October 2026 (27-0050) 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
Unincorporated Pima County, Arizona Arizona	Pima County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	22 September 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Pima County (unincorporated): data center development moratorium (Resolution 2026-56) 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
City of St. Louis, Missouri Missouri	Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	17 September 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	St. Louis: data center zoning regulations (Ordinance 72181) Primary source
City of St. Louis, Missouri Missouri	Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis Local government	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	Incentive	17 September 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	St. Louis: no city tax incentives for data centers (Ordinance 72182) 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
ERCOT region, Texas Texas	Electric Reliability Council of Texas Grid operator	Regional grid	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	14 September 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	ERCOT data center state and community impact information request 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
Unincorporated Lake County, Illinois Illinois	Lake County Board Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	8 September 2026	Scheduled 11 May 2027	Lake County (unincorporated areas): temporary moratorium on data centers Primary source
Unincorporated Mendocino County, California California	Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	1 September 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Mendocino County (unincorporated): data center moratorium imposed 1 September 2026 (Ordinance No. 4561) Primary source
AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Company) service territory, Ohio Ohio	Ohio Power Company (AEP Ohio) Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	AEP Ohio Schedule DCT data center tariff sheets 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
Town of Brookhaven, New York New York	Brookhaven Town Board Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	27 August 2026	Scheduled 31 December 2027	Town of Brookhaven: data center moratorium through 31 December 2027 (Local Law No. 12-2026) Primary source
Unincorporated Pierce County, Washington Washington	Pierce County Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	27 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Pierce County: one-year pause on permits for data centers over 10 MW in unincorporated areas (Ord. O2026-557) 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
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 region in Texas Texas	Electric Reliability Council of Texas Grid operator	Regional grid	Grid-interconnection pause	In effect	Interconnection	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	ERCOT large-load interconnection pause 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
Louisville/Jefferson County Metro, Kentucky Kentucky	Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Louisville/Jefferson County Metro: temporary data center and telecommunications hotel moratorium Primary source
Nance County, Nebraska Nebraska	Nance County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	11 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Nance County: moratorium on data center construction and permits (Resolution #26-13) Primary source
Fort Worth, Texas Texas	City of Fort Worth Local government	Local	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Construction	11 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Fort Worth: water and wastewater criteria for data centers 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)
Lucas County, Iowa Iowa	Lucas County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	5 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Lucas County: one-year moratorium on data center permitting and construction (5 August 2026 resolution) 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
Tukwila, Washington Washington	Tukwila City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	3 August 2026	Scheduled 3 August 2027	Tukwila: one-year moratorium on applications for data centers over 20 MVA (Ordinance 2795) Primary source
ERCOT region, Texas Texas	Electric Reliability Council of Texas Grid operator	Regional grid	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	1 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	ERCOT ride-through requirements for large computational loads (NOGRR 282) Primary source
ERCOT region, Texas Texas	Electric Reliability Council of Texas Grid operator	Regional grid	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	1 August 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	ERCOT definition of Large Computational Load (NPRR 1308) Primary source
Iowa County, Iowa Iowa	Iowa County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	31 July 2026	Scheduled 31 July 2027	Iowa County: 12-month moratorium on data center development applications (Resolution 2026-07-31) Primary source
Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee Tennessee	Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	31 July 2026	No expiration date recorded	Nashville and Davidson County (Metropolitan Government): zoning code data center use categories and conditions (BL2026-1391) Primary source
Unincorporated Bannock County, Idaho Idaho	Bannock County Board of County Commissioners Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	30 July 2026	Scheduled 26 January 2027	Bannock County: 180-day data center application moratorium 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
Hillsboro, Oregon Oregon	Hillsboro City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	27 July 2026	Scheduled 24 November 2026	Hillsboro: 120-day pause on new data center land use applications Primary source · Archived copy (20 September 2026)
Seattle, Washington Washington	Seattle City Council Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Seattle: new large data center loads served only by contract 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
City of Cleveland, Ohio Ohio	Cleveland City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	20 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Cleveland: temporary moratorium on data center permits (Ord. 556-2026) 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
Fillmore County, Nebraska Nebraska	Fillmore County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	14 July 2026	Scheduled 14 July 2028	Fillmore County: 24-month moratorium on new data center applications (Resolution 2026-10) 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
Santa Fe County, New Mexico New Mexico	Santa Fe County Board of County Commissioners Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	9 July 2026	Scheduled 9 January 2028	Santa Fe County: 18-month data center development-approval moratorium Primary source
Portland General Electric service territory, Oregon Oregon	Portland General Electric Company Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	8 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	PGE Schedule 496 Data Center Cost-of-Service Opt-Out (20,000 kW and above) Primary source
Portland General Electric service territory, Oregon Oregon	Portland General Electric Company Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	8 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	PGE Schedule 596 Data Center Direct Access Service (20,000 kW and above) Primary source
Portland General Electric service territory, Oregon Oregon	Portland General Electric Company Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	8 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	PGE Schedule 96 Data Center Standard Service (20,000 kW and above) Primary source
Unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia Georgia	DeKalb County Board of Commissioners Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	7 July 2026	Scheduled 30 March 2027	DeKalb County (unincorporated): data center application moratorium extended to 30 March 2027 Primary source
Prince George's County, Maryland Maryland	Prince George's County Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	7 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Prince George's County: two-year pause on data center subdivision and site plans (CR-066-2026) 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
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)
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)
PPL Electric Utilities service territory, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania	PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (tariff filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission) Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	PPL Rate Schedule LP-6 for large load (data center) interconnections Primary source
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
Southwest Power Pool region (multistate) 17 jurisdictions listed, 17 only in part · Covered jurisdictions	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Regulator or commission	Regional grid	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	1 July 2026	No expiration date recorded	Southwest Power Pool: Conditional High Impact Large Load Service accepted by FERC (ER26-1323) Primary source
Logan, Utah Utah	Logan Municipal Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Construction	1 July 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Logan: temporary land use regulation prohibiting data center development (Ord. 26-12) 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
Dominion Energy Virginia service territory, Virginia Virginia	Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Energy Virginia) Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	1 July 2026	Scheduled 30 June 2028	Dominion tariff sheet collecting the Data Center Electricity Consumption Tax 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
Frederick County, Maryland Maryland	Supreme Court of Maryland Court	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	30 June 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Frederick County: frederick data center zoning ordinance not subject to referendum 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
Hillsdale Township, Michigan Michigan	Hillsdale Township Board of Trustees Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	24 June 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Hillsdale Township: one-year moratorium on data center applications (Ordinance No. 2026-06-01) Primary source
Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska Alaska	Municipality of Anchorage Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	Anchorage: title 21 data center use standards Primary source
Woodbury County, Iowa Iowa	Woodbury County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	23 June 2026	Scheduled 23 June 2027	Woodbury County: 12-month moratorium on data center development applications (Resolution 14064) Primary source
Borough of Roselle Park, New Jersey New Jersey	Roselle Park Borough Council Local government	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	More than one stage	19 June 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Roselle Park: data centers prohibited in all zone districts (Ordinance No. 2860) 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
Coweta County, Georgia Georgia	Coweta County Board of Commissioners Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	16 June 2026	Scheduled 13 December 2026	Coweta County: 180-day pause on new data center applications 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
Adams County, Iowa Iowa	Adams County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	15 June 2026	Scheduled 15 June 2028	Adams County: 24-month moratorium on data center permits and approvals (Resolution 2026-25) Primary source
Seattle, Washington Washington	Seattle City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	11 June 2026	Scheduled 11 June 2027	Seattle: one-year emergency pause on data center applications 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
Lexington-Fayette Urban County, Kentucky Kentucky	Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	9 June 2026	Scheduled 31 October 2027	Lexington-Fayette Urban County: data center zoning and permit pause extended to 31 October 2027 Primary source
Lexington-Fayette Urban County, Kentucky Kentucky	Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	9 June 2026	No expiration date recorded	Lexington-Fayette Urban County: Resolution R-236-2026 initiating data center zoning amendments Primary source
City of Millville, New Jersey New Jersey	Millville Board of Commissioners Local government	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	More than one stage	9 June 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Millville: data centers added to uses prohibited in all districts (Ordinance No. 48-2026) Primary source
Mason Township, Cass County, Michigan Michigan	Mason Township Board of Trustees Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	8 June 2026	Scheduled 8 June 2027	Mason Township (Cass County): 12-month moratorium on data center applications (Ordinance No. 2026-01) Primary source
Charlotte and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, North Carolina North Carolina	Charlotte City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	8 June 2026	Scheduled 18 October 2027	Charlotte: data center application moratorium with an approved extension 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
Unincorporated Boulder County, Colorado Colorado	Boulder County Board of County Commissioners Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	2 June 2026	Scheduled 2 December 2026	Boulder County: six-month pause on data center and detention center planning applications 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
Lyndon Township, Michigan Michigan	Lyndon Township Board Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	27 May 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Lyndon Township: 12-month pause on data center permits and approvals (Resolution 26-06) 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)
Denver, Colorado Colorado	Denver City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	21 May 2026	Scheduled 21 May 2027	Denver: one-year pause on data center zoning permits and site plans Primary source
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
San Angelo, Texas Texas	San Angelo City Council Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	19 May 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	San Angelo: zoning standards for data centers (Sec. 430) Primary source
Chesaning Township, Michigan Michigan	Chesaning Township Board of Trustees Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	18 May 2026	Scheduled 18 May 2027	Chesaning Township: 12-month data center moratorium (Ordinance No. 26-001) Primary source
Elko New Market, Minnesota Minnesota	Elko New Market City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	14 May 2026	Scheduled 13 May 2027	Elko New Market: data center moratorium until 13 May 2027 (Interim Ordinance No. 345) Primary source
Brewer, Maine Maine	Brewer City Council Local government	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	More than one stage	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Brewer: tiered data center standards; 20 MW and over prohibited 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
Audubon County, Iowa Iowa	Audubon County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	5 May 2026	Scheduled 1 May 2027	Audubon County: moratorium on commercial data center applications until 1 May 2027 (Resolution 2026-27) Primary source
Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island Rhode Island	Smithfield Town Council Local government	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	Permitting	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	Smithfield: zoning amendment listing data centers as not permitted Primary source
Dickey County, North Dakota North Dakota	Dickey County Board of County Commissioners Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	21 April 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Dickey County: zoning standards for data centers Primary source
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma	Oklahoma City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	21 April 2026	Scheduled 31 December 2026	Oklahoma City: data center rezoning and permit moratorium to 31 December 2026 (emergency ordinance) Primary source
Luna Pier, Michigan Michigan	Luna Pier City Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	11 April 2026	Scheduled 11 April 2027	Luna Pier: one-year moratorium on data center applications (Ordinance No. 251) 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
Erie Township, Michigan Michigan	Erie Township Board Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	16 March 2026	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Erie Township: one-year moratorium on data center applications (Ordinance No. 132) 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
Monclova Township, Ohio Ohio	Monclova Township Board of Trustees Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	17 February 2026	Scheduled 17 February 2027	Monclova Township: 12-month pause on data center applications and approvals (Resolution 02172026-01) Primary source
Unincorporated Chatham County, North Carolina North Carolina	Chatham County Board of Commissioners Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	11 February 2026	Scheduled 11 February 2027	Chatham County: 12-month pause on data center and cryptocurrency mining permitting (File 26-0061) 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
Southwest Power Pool region (multistate) 17 jurisdictions listed, 17 only in part · Covered jurisdictions	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Regulator or commission	Regional grid	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	15 January 2026	No expiration date recorded	Southwest Power Pool: High Impact Large Load study processes accepted by FERC (ER26-247) 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)
Derry, New Hampshire New Hampshire	Derry Town Council Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	19 December 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Derry: definition of a data center or information-processing facility 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	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	MPSC Case U-21990: DTE special contracts for the Saline Township data center Primary source
Breckinridge County, Kentucky Kentucky	Breckinridge County Fiscal Court Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	More than one stage	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Breckinridge County: 365-day pause on data centers 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)
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
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
Doña Ana County, New Mexico New Mexico	Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners Local government	Local	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	Doña Ana County: Project Jupiter industrial revenue bond authorization 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
Mesa, Arizona Arizona	Mesa City Council Local government	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	Permitting	7 August 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Mesa: data centers only through council-authorized PAD overlay 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
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
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
Clarke County, Iowa Iowa	Clarke County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Construction	23 June 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Clarke County: temporary moratorium on data center construction (Resolution 25-011) 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
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
Santee Cooper service territory, South Carolina South Carolina	South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	25 April 2025	Scheduled 24 April 2029	Santee Cooper experimental large load rate schedule L-25-LL Primary source
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
Marana, Arizona Arizona	Marana Mayor and Town Council Local government	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	Permitting	17 January 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Marana: data centers only through specific-plan rezoning Primary source
Appalachian Power service territory, Virginia Virginia	Appalachian Power Company (tariff filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission) Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 January 2025	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	APCo Virginia economic development rider excludes mobile data centers 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
Fairfax County, Virginia Virginia	Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	Permitting	11 September 2024	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Fairfax County: data center zoning amendment (ZO 112.1-2024-9) Primary source
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. South Dakota electric service area South Dakota	Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (tariff filed with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission) Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	1 September 2024	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Montana-Dakota South Dakota Rate 45 for data center-type loads 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
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
Sarpy County, Nebraska (county zoning jurisdiction) Nebraska	Sarpy County Board of Commissioners Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Sarpy County: zoning districts where data centers are allowed 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
Montana-Dakota Utilities electric service area, North Dakota North Dakota	Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. Utility	Utility territory	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Operation	1 July 2023	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Montana-Dakota Rate 45 for data center-type high density loads (10 MW and above) 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
Chandler, Arizona Arizona	Chandler City Council Local government	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	More than one stage	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Chandler: data centers limited to planned-area approval 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
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
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
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
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
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
City of Aurora, Illinois Illinois	Aurora City Council Local government	Local	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Operation	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	Aurora: data center performance, reporting and privacy code chapters (File 26-0092) Primary source
City of Aurora, Illinois Illinois	Aurora City Council Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	Effective date not stated in the source	No expiration date recorded	Aurora: data center facility conditional use and performance standards (File 26-0112) 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)
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
Baltimore City, Maryland Maryland	Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	Several dates apply; see the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Baltimore City: temporary citywide prohibition of data centers as a zoning use (Ord. 26-128) 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)
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
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
Kansas City, Missouri Missouri	Kansas City City Council Local government	Local	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Permitting	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Kansas City: data center zoning use standards (Ordinance 251031) 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dane County, Wisconsin (towns under county zoning) Wisconsin	Dane County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Dane County: 18-month pause on hyperscale data center zoning permits Primary source · Archived copy (4 October 2026)
Madison, Wisconsin Wisconsin	Madison Common Council Local government	Local	Local construction moratorium	In effect	Permitting	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Madison: temporary pause on data center zoning certificates Primary source
Wood County, Wisconsin (all municipalities) Wisconsin	Wood County Board of Supervisors Local government	Local	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Proposal	Effective date not stated in the source	Not stored as one date — see completion condition	Wood County: notice requirement for large-scale data center projects (Ord. #709) 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
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

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