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IN-SB 79 — Data center development.

Data center development. Requires the Indiana utility regulatory commission (commission) to establish a working group to: (1) determine an estimate of the future electricity demands of the data center industry in Indiana; and (2) report to the general assembly regarding the working group's findings and recommendations not later than October 31, 2026. Requires: (1) a person that operates a data center in Indiana to submit to the commission a quarterly report of the amount of electricity used by the data center in t…

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionIndianaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-01-06Senator Deery added as second author
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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Disclosure & reporting · Siting & permitting

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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Formal policy pathway

J.D. Ford

sponsored: J.D. Ford

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Data center development.

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 summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified 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 recordIN-SB 79Data center development.IN-SB 79: Data center development.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismSiting & permittingText-derived policy signalSiting & permitting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionIndianaState policy jurisdictionIndiana: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorJ.D. FordpersonJ.D. Ford: personPolicy familyData center developmen…INData center development.: IN

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