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VA-HB607 — Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.

Department of Environmental Quality; study of aggregate air pollution; data center generators; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a three-year study to research and model a variety of scenarios regarding aggregate air pollution in areas with a large volume of data centers and provide recommendations for future handling of minor air permits for data center generators and the need for increased air quality monitoring in the Commonwealth. The Department is directed to report its findin…

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionVirginiaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-07-21Continued from last session
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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Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.

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Policy record 1Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
signals 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-HB607Aggregate air pollution; De…VA-HB607: Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.Policy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismSiting & permittingText-derived policy signalSiting & permitting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionVirginiaState policy jurisdictionVirginia: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorAmy J. LauferpersonAmy J. Laufer: personPolicy familyAggregate air pollutio…VAAggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.: VA

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