New Jersey

"Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act"; establishes Statewide framework concerning siting, land use approval, energy sourcing, water use, and environmental impacts of large load data center development.

Jun 18, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

"Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act"; establishes Statewide framework concerning siting, land use approval, energy sourcing, water use, and environmental impacts of large load data center development.

Jun 4, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee

Requires energy usage plan for proposed artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to be derived from new clean energy sources.

Mar 16, 2026: Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

Requires submission of energy usage plan to BPU for proposed artificial intelligence data centers; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers to be derived from new clean energy sources.

Jan 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.

Jun 30, 2026: Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0)

Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.

Jun 30, 2026: Substituted by S3379 (2R)

Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.

Mar 16, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.

Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.

Jun 4, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026

Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] · 9 cosponsors

Apr 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.

Mar 16, 2026: Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

Data Center Community Impact Act

Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · 15 cosponsors

Mar 5, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Data Center Transparency Act

Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] · 10 cosponsors

Jan 8, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.

Jul 7, 2026: Approved P.L.2026, C.32.

Requires data center developers to disclose certain information to public and elected officials before preliminary site plan consideration under MLUL.

Jun 8, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee