March 16, 2026

1. California Bill event

   A.B. 1577, Data centers: reporting.. A.B. 1577 went to committee in the Assembly. 2026-03-16. California Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

2. California Bill event

   A.B. 2469, Data centers: water use disclosures.. A.B. 2469 went to committee in the Assembly. 2026-03-16. California Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

3. Hawaii Bill event

   H.R. 196, Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Working Group To Study The Potential Impacts Of Large Data Centers On Hawaii's Electric Utilities, Ratepayers, Natural Resources, And Climate Goals.. H.R. 196 was introduced in the House. 2026-03-16. Hawaii Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

4. Hawaii Bill event

   H.C.R. 206, Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Working Group To Study The Potential Impacts Of Large Data Centers On Hawaii's Electric Utilities, Ratepayers, Natural Resources, And Climate Goals.. H.C.R. 206 was introduced in the House. 2026-03-16. Hawaii Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

5. Hawaii Bill event

   S.R. 90, Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Working Group To Study The Potential Impacts Of Large Data Centers On Hawaii's Electric Utilities, Ratepayers, Natural Resources, And Climate Goals.. S.R. 90 was introduced in the Senate. 2026-03-16. Hawaii Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

6. Hawaii Bill event

   S.C.R. 95, Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Working Group To Study The Potential Impacts Of Large Data Centers On Hawaii's Electric Utilities, Ratepayers, Natural Resources, And Climate Goals.. S.C.R. 95 was introduced in the Senate. 2026-03-16. Hawaii Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

7. Idaho Bill event

   H. 897, Amends existing law to revise a sales tax exemption for data center equipment and to revise a certain property tax exemption for certain capital investments.. H. 897 went to committee in the House. 2026-03-16. Idaho Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

8. New Jersey Bill event

   S. 680, Requires energy usage plan for proposed artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to be derived from new clean energy sources.. S. 680 went to committee in the Senate. 2026-03-16. New Jersey Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

9. New Jersey Bill event

   A. 4696, Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.. A. 4696 was introduced in the General Assembly. 2026-03-16. New Jersey Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

10. New Jersey Bill event

    A. 4696, Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.. A. 4696 went to committee in the General Assembly. 2026-03-16. New Jersey Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

11. New Jersey Bill event

    A. 3966, Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.. A. 3966 went to committee in the General Assembly. 2026-03-16. New Jersey Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

12. Ohio Bill event

    S.B. 378, Enact the Responsible Water Use by Data Centers Act. S.B. 378 was introduced in the Senate. 2026-03-16. Ohio Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)

13. Arizona Statement

    Mesa city staff. EdgeCore project not subject to Mesa's July 2025 data center ordinance because initial application submitted January 2024 Said March 16, 2026, Bisnow. Bisnow trade press (paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

14. Arizona Timeline entry

    EdgeCore Mesa North Campus. Generator testing restricted to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at EdgeCore facility The record reads waiting on permits, March 16, 2026. Bisnow trade press (content date)

15. Arizona Timeline entry

    EdgeCore Mesa North Campus. EdgeCore scaled back proposed data center from 2.1 million square feet to 1.2 million square feet The record reads waiting on permits, March 16, 2026. Bisnow trade press (content date)

16. Arizona News item

    EdgeCore Gains Zoning Approval For Scaled-Back Mesa Data Center. Mesa's planning and zoning board approved EdgeCore's scaled back data center project on March 11 after the company reduced the facility from 2.1 million to 1.2 million square feet. The approval follows new data center restrictions Mesa implemented in summer 2025, though EdgeCore's earlier application predates those rules. Bisnow, 2026-03-16. Bisnow trade press (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

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17. Massachusetts News item

    Clinic Advocates Against Data Center Expansion in Massachusetts City - Yale Law School. A clinic advocates against data center expansion in a Massachusetts city. The report indicates local opposition to data center development. Yale Law School, 2026-03-16. Yale Law School local outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)

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