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IL-SB4016 — HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS

Amends the Environmental Protection Act, Energy Efficient Building Act, Illinois Power Agency Act, Public Utilities Act, and related statutes to establish comprehensive environmental, water, and energy regulations for hyperscale data centers. In the Environmental Protection Act, requires cumulative impact assessments, public notice, and community benefits agreements for data centers; prohibits nondisclosure agreements; and creates the Data Center Community Intervenor Compensation Fund and Hyperscale Data Center Pu…

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionIllinoisState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-05-30Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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Community participation · Disclosure & reporting · Siting & permitting

Gives affected residents a formal voice — hearings, comment periods, or benefit agreements — before or as a project proceeds. Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Sets where and how a data center can be built, and which authority and reviews can accelerate or block a project.

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

MA-EO-658Massachusetts · Executive actionExecutive Order 658 establishes requirements for responsible data-center developmentCommunity participation · Disclosure & reporting · Siting & permittingHRES-1471United States · Introduced / in committeeExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every American and community impacted by the construction or operation of an artificial intelligence data center should have the right to transparency and local autonomy.Community participation · Disclosure & reporting · Siting & permittingVA-SB552Virginia · Failed, withdrawn, revoked or supersededSiting of large data centers; site assessment, standards, civil penalties.Community participation · Disclosure & reporting · Siting & permittingTX-DATA-CENTER-PERMIT-HALT-2026Texas · Executive actionGovernor Abbott directs TCEQ to halt data-center permits pending state auditsDisclosure & reporting · Siting & permitting · Water
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HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS

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Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
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