| 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 |
| 2026-05-28 | VP Vance Air Force Academy Commencement Explicitly Endorses Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical on AI in Warfare — 'Decisions Over Life and Death Must Be Made by Humans, Not Machines' — Three Days After Magnifica Humanitas
5 src J.D. Vance · Pope Leo XIV |
| 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 |
| 2026-04-30 | Virginia Enacts HB 892 Mandating SCC Investigation of Dominion Load Forecasting Methodology, Authorizes PJM Coordination
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-29 | Beale Infrastructure (Blue Owl) Breaks Ground on $3B De Soto KS Hyperscale Datacenter — Flint Commerce Center Site
3 src Blue Owl Capital | | 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 |
| 2026-01-17 | Flint Development Sells Eastwind Logistics Center to DHS for $122.8M — 8,500-Bed ICE Mega-Detention in Socorro TX
3 src Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2025-11-19 | IURC Reaffirms GenCo Approval and Amazon Special Contract Framework; NIPSCO Announces $7B, 2.6GW Gas + 400MW BESS Build for Amazon
5 src NIPSCO · Amazon Web Services | | confirmed |
| 2025-11-01 | PJM December 2025 capacity auction hits record $333/MW-day; data centers account for 40% ($6.5B) of total $16.4B cost
3 src |
| 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 |
| 2025-09-24 | Indiana IURC Approves NIPSCO GenCo as First U.S. Limited-Regulation Utility Affiliate for Data Center Generation (Cause 46322)
5 src NIPSCO | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-11 | Texas Public Utility Commission sues AG Ken Paxton to block release of Bitcoin miner facility data; invokes terrorism threat to shield SB 1929 registration records from journalists
2 src Public Utility Commission of Texas · Ken Paxton |
| 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 |
| 2025-05-21 | Target Hospitality Secures Seat on $4 Billion DHS Emergency Detention Strategic Sourcing Vehicle
2 src DHS · ICE |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-15 | EO 14271 Signed: Government-Wide Commercial-Preference Mandate Extends FASA to All Federal Agencies
5 src Donald Trump · Russell Vought | | confirmed |
| 2025-03-18 | VP Vance at Andreessen Horowitz American Dynamism Summit — AI Deregulation 'Tech-Populist Synthesis'; 'We Shouldn't Be Afraid of AI, We Should Seek to Dominate It'
4 src J.D. Vance · Andreessen Horowitz |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-05 | Target Hospitality and CoreCivic Restart Dilley Family Detention Under New $246M / $180M Annual Contracts
3 src CoreCivic · ICE |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-01 | Core Scientific / CoreWeave HPC conversion reaches 590 MW across six sites, $10.2B over 12 years — landmark Bitcoin-miner-to-AI-infrastructure pivot
5 src |
| confirmed |
| 2023-09-06 | Riot Platforms discloses $31.7M in ERCOT power and demand-response credits for August 2023 — record single-month curtailment payout to a Bitcoin miner
2 src ERCOT |
| confirmed |
| 2023-05-30 | Texas SB 1751 — which would have capped Bitcoin miner demand-response participation at 10% — dies in House State Affairs Committee after passing Senate 30–1; industry lobbying preserves unlimited subsidy access
4 src Texas Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 2022-10-12 | Senators Markey and Warren open congressional inquiry into ERCOT subsidies for Bitcoin miners; cite $9.5M Riot July 2022 payment exceeding Bitcoin revenue; project up to $170M in annual miner payouts
2 src Ed Markey · Elizabeth Warren · Sheldon Whitehouse · Dick Durbin · +1 |
| confirmed |