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FL-S0484 — Data Centers

Specifying that local governments maintain authority to exercise power and responsibility over comprehensive planning and land development regulations relating to large load customers; requiring public utilities to provide certain minimum tariff and service requirements for large load customers; prohibiting the governing board of a water management district or the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing a permit for the consumptive use of water to a large-scale data center under certain circumstances;…

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionFloridaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-05-08Chapter No. 2026-65
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Grid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permitting · Utility rate / large-load tariff

Determines whether and how fast a data center can actually get power, and who builds and pays for the transmission upgrades. Check whether the policy creates, changes, or removes a development pause or prohibition, and which facilities and approvals it covers. Sets where and how a data center can be built, and which authority and reviews can accelerate or block a project. Changes who pays for the grid — shifting the cost of new power supply and upgrades toward large data-center loads instead of ordinary ratepayers.

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Related approaches worth comparing

Selected by shared tracked mechanisms or themes, with cross jurisdiction examples prioritized. Similarity is not legal equivalence.

IF13306United States · Research or guidanceCongressional Authority to Regulate Data CentersGrid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permittingMA-EO-658Massachusetts · Executive actionExecutive Order 658 establishes requirements for responsible data-center developmentMoratorium · Siting & permitting · Utility rate / large-load tariffVA-HB1515Virginia · Other / status unclearLocal approval of data centers; temporary moratorium.Grid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permittingKS-SB 531Kansas · Introduced / in committeeAN ACT concerning data centers; relating to the siting and development of large load data centers; prohibiting the installation, placement, construction or operation of any new large load data center in any county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section.Grid & interconnection · Moratorium · Siting & permitting
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Data Centers

12 nodes · 11 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordFL-S0484Data CentersFL-S0484: Data CentersPolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeRatepayerExplicit record textRatepayer: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismGrid & interconnectionText-derived policy signalGrid & interconnection: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionFloridaState policy jurisdictionFlorida: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorRulespersonRules: personPolicy familyData CentersFLData Centers: FL

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