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February 16, 2026

15 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. Arizona Bill event

    H.B. 2457, Public utilities; plant construction; colocation. H.B. 2457 went to committee in the House. 2026-02-16. Arizona Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  2. Arizona Bill event

    H.B. 4009, Data centers; state lands; map. H.B. 4009 went to committee in the House. 2026-02-16. Arizona Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  3. Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 897, Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers, delayed effective date.. H.B. 897 passed the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  4. Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 496, Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.. H.B. 496 passed the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  5. Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 507, Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.. H.B. 507 passed the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  6. Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 591, Data centers; policy of the Commonwealth.. H.B. 591 passed the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  7. Virginia Bill event

    S.B. 334, Conveyances of interests in real property; public hearing required.. S.B. 334 passed the Senate. 2026-02-16. Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  8. West Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 5620, To restore local control in the decision making process in regard to data centers. H.B. 5620 was introduced in the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. West Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  9. West Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 5620, To restore local control in the decision making process in regard to data centers. H.B. 5620 went to committee in the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. West Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  10. West Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 5590, Create a limited and predictable water-quantity review framework for High Impact Data Centers (HIDCs) in West Virginia.. H.B. 5590 was introduced in the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. West Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  11. West Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 5590, Create a limited and predictable water-quantity review framework for High Impact Data Centers (HIDCs) in West Virginia.. H.B. 5590 went to committee in the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. West Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  12. West Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 5611, Certified Microgrid Program. H.B. 5611 was introduced in the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. West Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  13. West Virginia Bill event

    H.B. 5611, Certified Microgrid Program. H.B. 5611 went to committee in the House of Delegates. 2026-02-16. West Virginia Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

  14. Pennsylvania News item

    Conflicting data center meetings cause dilemma for residents - The Standard-Speaker. Pennsylvania DEP held public meeting and hearing on water quality permits for Project Hazelnut data center in Hazle Township; Sugarloaf Township supervisors voted on curative zoning amendment to allow data centers. The Standard-Speaker, 2026-02-16. The Standard-Speaker local outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

    PAproject-hazelnut-hazle-township-pa

  15. West Virginia News item

    H.B. 5611: Certified Microgrid Program. West Virginia H.B. 5611, 2026 Regular Session: went to committee on 2026-02-16. Matched on data center. West Virginia Legislature, 2026-02-16. West Virginia Legislature primary source (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

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