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February 2, 2026

27 entries published that day, the everything feed by the day each row entered the record; the timeline lists milestones alone, by the day they happened. Each is one sourced row of the record: what happened, where, and where it came from. Nothing here is an article and nothing is unapproved.

  1. California Bill event

    A.B. 1095, Data centers: waste heat energy.. A.B. 1095 failed. 2026-02-02. California Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  2. Illinois Bill event

    S.B. 3120, DCEO-DATA CENTERS. S.B. 3120 was introduced in the Senate. 2026-02-02. Illinois Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  3. Illinois Bill event

    S.B. 3120, DCEO-DATA CENTERS. S.B. 3120 went to committee in the Senate. 2026-02-02. Illinois Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  4. Oklahoma Bill event

    H.B. 2992, Corporation Commission; creating the Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026; effective date; emergency.. H.B. 2992 was introduced in the House. 2026-02-02. Oklahoma Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  5. Oklahoma Bill event

    H.B. 3394, Hyperscale data centers; Oklahoma Hyperscale Data Center Directory Act; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; directory; electrical utilities; water providers; effective date.. H.B. 3394 was introduced in the House. 2026-02-02. Oklahoma Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  6. Oklahoma Bill event

    H.B. 4194, Data centers; Data Center Decommissioning Act; proper decommissioning; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; financial assurance; effective date.. H.B. 4194 was introduced in the House. 2026-02-02. Oklahoma Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  7. Oklahoma Bill event

    S.B. 1706, Foreign ownership of land; prohibiting foreign principals from renting, leasing, or having a controlling interest in data centers. Effective date.. S.B. 1706 was introduced in the Senate. 2026-02-02. Oklahoma Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  8. Oklahoma Bill event

    H.B. 4424, Revenue and taxation; ad valorem; exemption; manufacturing facilities; data center; effective date.. H.B. 4424 was introduced in the House. 2026-02-02. Oklahoma Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  9. Oregon Bill event

    H.B. 4084, Relating to economic development; and prescribing an effective date.. H.B. 4084 was introduced in the House. 2026-02-02. Oregon Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  10. Oregon Bill event

    H.B. 4084, Relating to economic development; and prescribing an effective date.. H.B. 4084 went to committee in the House. 2026-02-02. Oregon Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  11. South Dakota Bill event

    H.B. 1038, Allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.. H.B. 1038 passed the House. 2026-02-02. South Dakota Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  12. South Dakota Bill event

    H.B. 1246, Prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.. H.B. 1246 was introduced in the House. 2026-02-02. South Dakota Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  13. South Dakota Bill event

    H.B. 1246, Prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.. H.B. 1246 went to committee in the House. 2026-02-02. South Dakota Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  14. Tennessee Bill event

    S.B. 2653, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to the Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act.. S.B. 2653 was introduced in the Senate. 2026-02-02. Tennessee Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  15. Tennessee Bill event

    H.B. 1847, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65, relative to data centers.. H.B. 1847 went to committee in the House. 2026-02-02. Tennessee Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  16. Tennessee Bill event

    S.B. 2584, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to qualified data centers.. S.B. 2584 was introduced in the Senate. 2026-02-02. Tennessee Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  17. Virginia Bill event

    S.B. 552, Siting of large data centers; site assessment, standards, civil penalties.. S.B. 552 went to committee in the Senate. 2026-02-02. Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  18. West Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 5032, Prevention of data center collection of citizen data. H.B. 5032 was introduced in the House of Delegates. 2026-02-02. West Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  19. West Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 5032, Prevention of data center collection of citizen data. H.B. 5032 went to committee in the House of Delegates. 2026-02-02. West Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  20. Arizona Timeline entry

    Google Mesa data center. Google data center operates in Mesa, Arizona, photographed January 6, 2026 The record reads being built, February 2, 2026. azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic local outlet (content date)

  21. Ohio Jurisdiction event

    Ashville. Leaders stressed regional cooperation and farmland protection facebook.com local outlet (reported on this date) (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

  22. Ohio Jurisdiction event

    Ashville. Ashville Council rejected a 400 acre annexation tied to a proposed data center facebook.com local outlet (reported on this date) (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

  23. Alabama News item

    Meta-linked solar fields planned on Stockton tract. Meta linked solar fields Stockton I and II approved to power Montgomery data center campus, 4,500 acres in Baldwin County. lagniappemobile.com, 2026-02-02. lagniappemobile.com local outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

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  24. Arizona News item

    Large data centers are popping up all over Mesa. See photos. A news photo gallery documented large data center facilities operating in Mesa, Arizona, showing Meta, Google, and NTT data centers as of early February 2026. The images represent the visible expansion of data center infrastructure in the Phoenix metropolitan area. azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic, 2026-02-02. azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic local outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

    AZgoogle-mesa-data-center-az

  25. BC News item

    British Columbia, BC Hydro launch competitive power process for AI and data centers - Data Center Dynamics. British Columbia and BC Hydro launched a competitive selection process for AI and data center projects to access power. This is a provincial jurisdiction action affecting multiple potential data center developers. Data Center Dynamics, 2026-02-02. Data Center Dynamics trade press (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

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  26. Delaware News item

    Amid data center boom, Delaware lawmakers want to protect residents from electricity rate hikes - WHYY. Delaware House advanced legislation requiring separate higher electricity rates for large energy use facilities to prevent data centers from shifting infrastructure costs to residential ratepayers. WHYY, 2026-02-02. WHYY local outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

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  27. Michigan News item

    Data center news: Los Alamos to use planned Ypsilanti Township data center for nuclear stockpile research. Los Alamos National Laboratory confirms nuclear weapons research use at proposed University of Michigan data center in Ypsilanti Township; gubernatorial candidates propose water protection and policy positions on data centers. planetdetroit.org, 2026-02-02. planetdetroit.org local outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

    MIu-m-los-alamos-data-center-van-buren-township-wayne-mi

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