Amendment H-8205 to HF 2690
Relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and including effective date provisions
Never voted onStrike everything: replaces the whole bill
Filed March 11, 2026 in the House by
In plain words
AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and changes the reporting requirements for data centers. It requires companies to report their backup power fuel, electricity, and water usage by March 31 each year. The state will then publish an anonymous summary of this information organized by county every July 1.1
What it changes
- By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
- Section 423.3, subsection 95, paragraph b, subparagraph (5), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: (5) The data center business shall register with the department as a data center business. To maintain its registration, the data center business shall file an annual report with the department , by January 31, 2026, and by each January March 31 thereafter each year . The annual report shall describe the backup power generation fuel and electricity purchased in the previous calendar year for the purposes described in paragraph “a” , subparagraphs (2) and (3), and any other information the department requires. The annual report shall also include the water withdrawals from the previous calendar year and the data center business’s water source. Sec.
- Section 423.3, subsection 95, paragraph b, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (06) On July 1, 2026, and by each July 1 thereafter, the department shall compile the information received under subparagraph (5) and shall publish an annual summary of the information that is aggregated and anonymized by county and that does not identify any individual reporting entity.”
- Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting “An Act relating to annual reporting requirements for data center businesses.”