State and local policy

In effect policy actions

Recorded policy actions with status In effect.

In effect means the recorded instrument had not expired, been repealed, or been blocked as of the dataset date. It does not mean every project in the state has stopped.

In effect 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
Texas	Statewide or grid-wide	Regional grid	Grid-interconnection pause	In effect	Interconnection	3 August 2026	None scheduled	ERCOT large-load interconnection pause 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
Arizona Chandler only (local rule)	Chandler	Local	Permanent restriction or prohibition	In effect	More than one stage	No single effective day is stated	None scheduled	Chandler: data centers limited to planned-area approval 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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