# Pennsylvania — Data Center Policy Brief _Generated 2026-08-21 from the Data Center Policy Tracker. Verify every item against its primary source._ ## Snapshot - 17 tracked items: 17 state bills and 0 federal items tied to the state delegation. ## Leading themes - Siting & Land Use: 12 - Energy: 10 - Certification & Standards: 9 - Tax Incentives: 8 - Grid Reliability: 4 - Water: 3 - Ratepayer: 3 - Carbon: 2 ## Policy mechanisms - Moratorium: 6 - Disclosure & reporting: 4 - Tax incentive / clawback: 4 - Siting & permitting: 3 - Grid & interconnection: 2 - Water standard: 2 ## Tracked records - **PA-SB1323** — Providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties. (Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/SB1323/2025 - **PA-HB2515** — Providing for commercial data center transparency regarding energy use, water use and noise pollution; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation and the Office of Attorney General; and imposing civil penalties. (Referred to Energy) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2515/2025 - **PA-HB2150** — Providing for annual reporting of energy consumption and water consumption by data centers; and imposing a penalty. (Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2150/2025 - **PA-HB1834** — Providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties. (Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB1834/2025 - **PA-SB1359** — Imposing a Statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center development and permitting; and providing for enforcement. (Referred to Local Government) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/SB1359/2025 - **PA-SB1345** — In zoning, providing for optional temporary moratorium on acceptance or consideration of new applications for high impact data centers. (Second consideration) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/SB1345/2025 - **PA-SB1384** — In tax credit and tax benefit administration, further providing for definitions; in computer data center equipment incentive program, providing for certification prohibition; providing for Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development certification and standards; and imposing duties. (Referred to Finance) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/SB1384/2025 - **PA-HB2496** — In general provisions, providing for pause on data center proposals. (Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2496/2025 - **PA-HB2650** — In tax credit and tax benefit administration, further providing for definitions; in computer data center equipment incentive program, providing for certification prohibition; providing for Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development certification and standards; and imposing duties. (Referred to Finance) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2650/2025 - **PA-SB939** — Establishing the Office of Transformation and Opportunity and the Artificial Intelligence, Data Center and Emerging Technology Regulatory Sandbox Program; and providing for powers and duties of office and for permits for high impact data centers that have their own power. (Amended in Senate Committee on Communications & Technology) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/SB939/2025 - **PA-HB1667** — In sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax; in gross receipts tax, further providing for imposition of tax and for establishment of revenue-neutral reconciliation; providing for educational tax credits; in manufacturing and investment tax credit, further providing for business firms and for tax credit certificates; repealing provisions relating to Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program; in general provisions, providing for data centers; prohibiting the imposition of a tax on gross receipts received from the sale of electric energy; imposing a penalty; and making repeals. (Referred to Rules) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB1667/2025 - **PA-HB2198** — Repealing provisions relating to Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program; and, in general provisions, providing for data centers. (Referred to Finance) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2198/2025 - **PA-SB1297** — In Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program, further providing for application for certification and for separation of facilities, providing for additional eligibility requirements, further providing for notification, for revocation of certification, for application for certification and for separation of facilities, providing for additional eligibility requirements and further providing for notification and records and for revocation of certification. (Referred to Finance) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/SB1297/2025 - **PA-HB2151** — Providing for data center ordinance assistance. (Referred to Local Government) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2151/2025 - **PA-HB2532** — Repealing provisions relating to computer data center equipment incentive program; in general provisions, providing for transfer of tax from certain sale of computer data equipment; and establishing a restricted account in the Motor License Fund. (Referred to Finance) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2532/2025 - **PA-HB2359** — Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing taxes thereon; providing procedures for the payment, collection, administration and enforcement thereof; providing for tax credits in certain cases; conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue, certain employers, fiduciaries, individuals, persons, corporations and other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and penalties," in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for definitions, for application for certification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax refund program, for notification, for eligibility requirements relating to sales and use tax exemption program and for notification and records. (Referred to Finance) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2359/2025 - **PA-SB1344** — Repealing provisions relating to computer data center equipment incentive program; in general provisions, providing for transfer of tax from certain sale of computer data equipment; and establishing a restricted account in the Motor License Fund. (Referred to Finance) — https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/SB1344/2025 ## Coverage note State legislation is title-matched for precision, so this is a high-signal sample rather than a complete census. The tracker does not yet ingest local/county proceedings or all state PUC/PSC dockets.