State and local policy

State policy actions

Recorded policy actions at the state level.

Jurisdiction is who issued the instrument. A state record does not clear or condemn the local governments inside that state.

State policy actions
State	Locality	Jurisdiction	Action	Status	Stage	Effective	Expiration	Record
Texas	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Statewide permit or approval pause	In effect	Permitting	21 September 2026	None scheduled	TCEQ data-center permit pause Primary source
Texas	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Reporting or resource-use requirement	In effect	Reporting	14 September 2026	None scheduled	Water-use reporting enforcement directive Primary source
Texas	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Statewide permit or approval pause	In effect	Interconnection	3 August 2026	None scheduled	ERCOT approval pause pending audit Primary source
New York	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Statewide permit or approval pause	In effect	Permitting	14 July 2026	None scheduled	DEC hold on large data-center permits Primary source
Oregon	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	No single effective day is stated	None scheduled	PGE large-load tariff compliance approval Primary source
Arizona	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2026	30 June 2029	Pause on new data-center tax-relief applications Primary source
Ohio	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Statewide permit or approval pause	In effect	Incentive	27 May 2026	None scheduled	Pause on new data-center exemption requests Primary source · Archived copy (1 September 2026)
Oregon	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	More than one stage	7 May 2026	None scheduled	PGE data-center cost-allocation order Primary source
Ohio	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	No single effective day is stated	None scheduled	Data center equipment sales-tax exemption Primary source
Texas	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Enacted legislation or regulation	In effect	Interconnection	20 June 2025	None scheduled	Large-load interconnection standards Primary source
Kentucky	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	15 July 2024	None scheduled	Data center equipment sales-tax exemption Primary source
Virginia	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	1 July 2010	None scheduled	Data center retail sales-tax exemption Primary source
Arizona	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	No single effective day is stated	None scheduled	Computer data center tax relief Primary source
Georgia	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	No single effective day is stated	None scheduled	High-technology data center equipment exemption Primary source
Indiana	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	No single effective day is stated	None scheduled	Data center sales-and-use tax exemption Primary source
Minnesota	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	No single effective day is stated	None scheduled	Qualified data center sales-tax exemption Primary source
Nevada	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	No single effective day is stated	31 December 2056	Partial tax abatement for a data center Primary source
Texas	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	No single effective day is stated	None scheduled	Data center sales-tax exemption Primary source
Washington	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	No single effective day is stated	1 July 2048	Rural-county data center sales-tax exemption Primary source
Washington	Statewide or grid-wide	State	Incentive or explicitly supportive policy	In effect	Incentive	No single effective day is stated	1 July 2038	Large-county data center sales-tax exemption Primary source

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