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VA-HB507 — Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.

Permit requirements for data centers; emission limits for certain engine-generator sets. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing an air permit for any application submitted for a data center on or after July 1, 2026, unless the emission limit for each engine-generator, defined in the bill, established by such permit is equal to or less than the emissions achieved by a Tier 4 equivalent engine-generator.

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionVirginiaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-04-08Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0397)
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Emissions standard · Moratorium · Siting & permitting

Caps or standardizes the greenhouse-gas and pollution footprint a data center is allowed to produce. 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.

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Issues named in the record

Carbon · Siting & Land Use

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Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.

11 nodes · 10 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy 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 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 recordVA-HB507Data centers; permit requir…VA-HB507: Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.Policy themeCarbonExplicit record textCarbon: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeEnergyAI-assisted policy themeEnergy: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismEmissions standardText-derived policy signalEmissions standard: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionVirginiaState policy jurisdictionVirginia: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorJohn Chilton McAuliffpersonJohn Chilton McAuliff: personPolicy familyData centers; permit r…VAData centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.: VA

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