| 2026-07-29 | DeSoto County, FL Commissioners Approve One-Year Data Center Moratorium, Preserving Carve-Out for 800-Acre Project
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-28 | Columbia County GA Approves Google Data Centers, Sends Property-Tax-Relief Plan to November Referendum
3 src Google | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-22 | Spokane County, WA Commission Divided Over Nine-Month Data Center Moratorium
1 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-21 | Cherokee County, GA Commissioners Unanimously Approve 30-Day Data Center Moratorium
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-25 | DeSoto County, FL commissioners direct moratorium on new data centers — but carve out pending 4GW DCIP gas hyperscale campus
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-16 | Imperial County, CA reverses its own data center approval, enacts 45-day moratorium; developer files restraining order
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-10 | Gov. Abbott directs PUCT to require data centers to fully fund own electric infrastructure; PUCT must act to reduce residential transmission costs by July 31, 2026
4 src Greg Abbott · Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT |
| confirmed |
| 2026-06-10 | Oregon PUC Delays PGE Data-Center Large-Load Rate Ruling to July; 29% Rate Hike at Issue Under POWER Act
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-02 | Monterey Park becomes first U.S. city to ban data centers (88% vote) as Arizona, Illinois, Oklahoma pull back incentives
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-01 | DOE §202(c) emergency coal-retention order log through May 2026: 43+ orders, ~4.4 GW stalled across 6 plants, D.C. Circuit challenges filed
10 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy · NIPSCO · Earthjustice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-16 | FERC misses DOE-ordered April 30 deadline on large-load interconnection Docket RM26-4-000 — issues Intent to Act order committing to June 2026 action
6 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | PUCT issues draft report in Project 58484 recommending Texas shift from 4CP to multi-peak transmission cost methodology — final rules required by December 31, 2026
4 src Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT · Greg Abbott |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-19 | EPA issues Section 7(b) Brownfield/Superfund AI datacenter reuse guidance on EO deadline — CERCLA liability retained, energy and water proximity required
6 src Lee Zeldin · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-31 | Beale Infrastructure (Blue Owl) breaks ground on $1B Project Clydesdale data center campus in Owasso, Oklahoma
2 src Blue Owl Capital | | confirmed |
| 2025-10-23 | Energy Secretary Wright invokes rare DOE-over-FERC directive authority to compel ANOPR on large-load interconnection — Docket RM26-4-000 — final action ordered by April 30 2026
6 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-24 | DOE selects four federal sites for AI datacenter buildout — Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Savannah River Site — implementing Section 3 of the July 23 EO
5 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-23 | Trump signs Executive Order 'Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure' — 100 MW threshold, NEPA categorical-exclusion creation directive, <50% federal-financial-assistance carve-out from NEPA 'major Federal action'
7 src Donald Trump · Howard Lutnick · Chris Wright · Doug Burgum · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-23 | White House releases 'Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan' — 90+ federal policy initiatives across innovation, infrastructure, and international diplomacy pillars; companion to datacenter permitting EO
5 src Donald Trump · David Sacks · Howard Lutnick · Chris Wright · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-20 | Texas Gov. Abbott signs SB 6 — large-load (≥75 MW) interconnection reform; mandatory remote-disconnect / curtailment for entrants post Dec 31 2025; bellwether state model for the federal FERC ANOPR
6 src Greg Abbott · Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT · Texas Legislature |
| confirmed |