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SC-H 5286 — Data Center Moratorium

Data Center Moratorium

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionSouth CarolinaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-03-31Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Gilliam
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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PA-SB 1408Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act providing for data center transparency; prohibiting certain nondisclosure agreements between public agencies and data centers; providing for data centers and public input; prohibiting data centers from being developed or operated by certain foreign entities; and providing for enforcement by Attorney General and for energy and water reporting.MoratoriumNJ-S4659New Jersey · Introduced / in committeeRequires DEP to conduct study on environmental impacts of data center development in State; prohibits construction of new data centers until study is complete.MoratoriumPA-SB1345Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, providing for optional temporary moratorium on acceptance or consideration of new applications for high impact data centers.MoratoriumNJ-A5482New Jersey · Introduced / in committeeEstablishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers; creates Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission.Moratorium
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Data Center Moratorium

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Policy record 1Policy theme 3Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
classified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals 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 recordSC-H 5286Data Center MoratoriumSC-H 5286: Data Center MoratoriumPolicy themeEnergyAI-assisted policy themeEnergy: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeWaterAI-assisted policy themeWater: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionSouth CarolinaState policy jurisdictionSouth Carolina: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorLong, T. Moore, Yow, C…personLong, T. Moore, Yow, C. Mitchell, Martin, Edgerton, Chumley, Magnuson, Lawson, Frank, Huff, Crawford, Chapman, Atkinson, Sanders, Burns, Bailey, Guest and Hardee: personPolicy familyData Center MoratoriumSCData Center Moratorium: SC

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