Data center costs and rules
Who should pay for the power and environmental costs of new data centers? 27 bills, 1 became law. Latest: California AB 1577, became law, Sep 21.
- Coming back
- 5
- Became law
- 0
- Stopped
- 1
May return next session in Virginia
May return next session 5
- Filed for next sessionElectric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customersIn committee
- Filed for next sessionData centers; taxes on banks that are tenants of a centerIn committee
- Filed for next sessionData center tax revenue; creates local residential renewable energy incentive programIn committee
- Filed for next sessionVirginia's Great Outdoors Act; established, creates data center land conservation taxIn committee
- Must be reintroduced next sessionRetail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers, delayed effective datePassed first chamber
Grouped by AI from the bills closest to AI policy, by the policy questions they address; showing those in Virginia. Bills in a group may take opposing positions. Grouping as of November 2, 2026. A bill is not a law until it is signed.
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