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IL-HB4989 — DATA CENTER HEATING/COOLING

Creates the Data Center Heating and Cooling Act. Defines "air to water heat exchanger" and "data center". Provides that any new or existing data center in the State shall adopt a heat energy reuse plan that involves the use of an air to water heat exchanger to help heat homes and businesses in the area around the data center. Provides that any data center constructed on or after the effective date of the Act that has an aggregate demand load of 20 megawatts or more shall have a liquid cooling system, such as direc…

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionIllinoisState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-02-06Referred to Rules Committee
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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Energy · Water

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DATA CENTER HEATING/COOLING

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Policy record 1Policy theme 4Documented 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 summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationapplies 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 recordIL-HB4989DATA CENTER HEATING/COOLINGIL-HB4989: DATA CENTER HEATING/COOLINGPolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeCarbonAI-assisted policy themeCarbon: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themeJurisdictionIllinoisState policy jurisdictionIllinois: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorKimberly Du BucletpersonKimberly Du Buclet: personPolicy familyDATA CENTER HEATING/CO…ILDATA CENTER HEATING/COOLING: IL

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