Data center laws in Tennessee
1 rule at the state level: 1 statute. Each says what it requires in the words of its text, with the effective date the text gives and a link to the bill or order.
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- Rules on the record
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- Passed
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- Statutes
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Rules in Tennessee
- H.B. 1847 and S.B. 2128 Statute
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65, relative to data centers.
Passed
- H.B. 1847
- S.B. 2128
H.B. 1847 of the 114th General Assembly was approved by the Governor on May 7, 2026 and assigned Public Chapter 961 by the Secretary of State on May 18, 2026, the Senate having substituted it for its companion S.B. 2128.
H.B. 1847 of the 114th General Assembly was approved by the Governor on May 7, 2026 and assigned Public Chapter 961 by the Secretary of State on May 18, 2026, the Senate having substituted it for its companion S.B. 2128. The legislature titles it: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65, relative to data centers. What it requires was read from Public Chapter 961 as filed with the Secretary of State.
What it requires
A municipality or an electric utility may not pay, or otherwise absorb, the cost of the electrical infrastructure built to serve a data center, which the act defines as a building mainly holding equipment that processes, stores or transmits digital information together with the environmental control equipment that equipment needs, and projected to reach a peak electric demand...
A municipality or an electric utility may not pay, or otherwise absorb, the cost of the electrical infrastructure built to serve a data center, which the act defines as a building mainly holding equipment that processes, stores or transmits digital information together with the environmental control equipment that equipment needs, and projected to reach a peak electric demand of 50 megawatts or more in its first three years; a state facility and a telecommunications or broadband network facility are not data centers for this purpose. A utility may put part of that cost to general system improvements only where the work goes beyond what the data center needs, can serve others without cutting existing service, and is allocated under policies that are not written for data centers alone; it may reimburse a data center for infrastructure the data center paid for only under standard policies that reach comparable customers, treat a data center no better than them, and do not raise existing customers' rates. A data center may buy electricity, capacity or related services from an independent power producer in the state: behind its own meter where it takes no utility service, behind the meter with the utility's written approval where it does, or across transmission and distribution at the owner's election and on the owner's terms. Such a producer is not a public utility merely for selling to a data center that way. Where the act conflicts with a term, rate schedule or requirement of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Authority's term controls.
2 rows stand behind this one rule: where both chambers passed the same measure, each chamber's act keeps its own row, its own line in the CSV and the JSON, and its own chapter where it has one, and the two are named together here.
A law here is one statute, utility commission order, tariff, tax rule, moratorium or bill at the state level. What it requires is taken from the text, never summarized from coverage; a date the text does not give is left empty. Its status is one of five, defined on the laws index. The dated events beneath a law are the scorecard entries that cite it.
Bills tracked
No official summary on file for 2 of these 20 bills; each links to the legislature's page for the text.
Signed into law 5
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HB1847 Signed
As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes.
As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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SB2128 Signed
As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes.
As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-6-102, relative to qualified data centers.
H.B. 2182 Signed
As enacted, redefines a "qualified data center," for purposes of sales and use taxes, to include a data center that previously made the required capital investment in excess of $100 million and...
As enacted, redefines a "qualified data center," for purposes of sales and use taxes, to include a data center that previously made the required capital investment in excess of $100 million and previously created at least 15 net new full time employee jobs and the data center is transferred to an affiliate pursuant to a corporate reorganization under the Internal Revenue Code. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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H.B. 2531 Signed
As enacted, specifies that any entity that qualifies for exemption as a spallation neutron source facility will not be eligible for a sales and use tax exemption with regard to any industrial machinery that is used in operation of a qualified data center or used primarily for research and development; provides exception for a leadership computing facility that is funded by the United States government or instrumentality thereof, not funded with any state funds, and located at a national laboratory. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
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HB1535 Signed
As enacted, reduces the capital investment requirement for eligibility for qualified data center sales and use tax exemptions from $250 million to $100 million; exempts cooling equipment and backup power equipment sold or used by qualified data centers from the sales and use tax; requires qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of certain laws. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
In committee 12
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to qualified data centers.
H.B. 2047 In committee
As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of the Worker...
As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or federal immigration laws. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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H.B. 2392 In committee
As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 65, relative to energy.
H.B. 2054 In committee
As introduced, enacts the "Data Center, Artificial Intelligence, and Clean Transition Tariff Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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H.B. 2061 In committee
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and water utilities that provide service to registered data centers to report...
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and water utilities that provide service to registered data centers to report usage and rates to the commission; requires the commission's executive director to compile and publish certain information based on reports received from utilities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to qualified data centers.
S.B. 2584 Introduced
As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of the Worker...
As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or federal immigration laws. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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S.B. 2653 Introduced
As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 65, relative to energy.
S.B. 1999 Introduced
As introduced, enacts the "Data Center, Artificial Intelligence, and Clean Transition Tariff Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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S.B. 2112 Introduced
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the department of revenue; requires fuel suppliers, and electric and water utilities that provide fuel and service respectively to...
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the department of revenue; requires fuel suppliers, and electric and water utilities that provide fuel and service respectively to registered data centers to report usage and rates to the department; requires the commissioner to compile and publish certain information based on reports received from utilities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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S.B. 1832 Introduced
As introduced, requires high performance computing (HPC) facility operators to devote 50 percent of the computing and data processing output of the facility for a public benefit; requires HPC facility...
As introduced, requires high performance computing (HPC) facility operators to devote 50 percent of the computing and data processing output of the facility for a public benefit; requires HPC facility operators to produce an annual report of the facility's energy consumption and carbon footprint; requires such operators to conduct an annual internal compliance audit and submit to an audit upon request by certain governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 68. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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S.B. 1600 Introduced
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and water utilities that provide service to registered data centers to report...
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and water utilities that provide service to registered data centers to report usage and rates to the commission; requires the commission's executive director to compile and publish certain information based on reports received from utilities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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H.B. 330 In committee
As introduced, requires the department of economic and community development to revise and certify the population of each county and municipality, and the aggregate population of the state, prior to...
As introduced, requires the department of economic and community development to revise and certify the population of each county and municipality, and the aggregate population of the state, prior to July 1 each year during the interim between the regular decennial federal census to ensure equitable allocation and distribution of the local share of state sales tax revenue; requires the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, through the Tennessee state data center, to generate annual population estimates for each county and municipality and provide the estimates to the department of economic and community development for review and certification. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Section 9-16-101 and Title 67, Chapter 6. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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S.B. 427 Introduced
As introduced, requires the department of economic and community development to revise and certify the population of each county and municipality, and the aggregate population of the state, prior to...
As introduced, requires the department of economic and community development to revise and certify the population of each county and municipality, and the aggregate population of the state, prior to July 1 each year during the interim between the regular decennial federal census to ensure equitable allocation and distribution of the local share of state sales tax revenue; requires the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, through the Tennessee state data center, to generate annual population estimates for each county and municipality and provide the estimates to the department of economic and community development for review and certification. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Section 9-16-101 and Title 67, Chapter 6. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
Failed or died 3
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H.B. 2456 Died at adjournment
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the department of revenue; requires fuel suppliers, and electric and water utilities that provide fuel and service respectively to...
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the department of revenue; requires fuel suppliers, and electric and water utilities that provide fuel and service respectively to registered data centers to report usage and rates to the department; requires the commissioner to compile and publish certain information based on reports received from utilities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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H.B. 1461 Died at adjournment
As introduced, requires high performance computing (HPC) facility operators to devote 50 percent of the computing and data processing output of the facility for a public benefit; requires HPC facility...
As introduced, requires high performance computing (HPC) facility operators to devote 50 percent of the computing and data processing output of the facility for a public benefit; requires HPC facility operators to produce an annual report of the facility's energy consumption and carbon footprint; requires such operators to conduct an annual internal compliance audit and submit to an audit upon request by certain governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 68. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
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S.B. 1682 Died at adjournment
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and water utilities that provide service to registered data centers to report...
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and water utilities that provide service to registered data centers to report usage and rates to the commission; requires the commission's executive director to compile and publish certain information based on reports received from utilities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan.
20 bills tracked in Tennessee; 114th General Assembly, legislature adjourned. No data center bills found as of October 26, 2026. Search terms: data center, data centre, large load, hyperscale, computing facility, server farm, high load factor (indirect), energy intensive facility (indirect), large electric load (indirect), digital asset mining (indirect), cryptocurrency mining (indirect), qualified technology facility (indirect), colocation (indirect), moratorium (with another term), sales tax exemption (with another term). The search on LegiScan. (opens in a new tab)
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