The record by year
On the record as of October 27, 2026.
An act sits on the day it happened: the day its own sentence names, or the day its source gives for it. An act the record knows only from the date of the article that reported it sits under that article's month, one tap away, marked Reported with the article's date. So do background, plans and statements, which are not acts. The same act reported by several sources is one line with the reports behind it, on its day where any of them dates it. The milestones alone, for every state, are on the timeline.
6 acts on the line for Alaska, from 15 dated lines in the records' histories and the scorecard. 6 more acts are dated only by the article that reported them and sit under their month. 3 lines are background, plans or statements. 3 lines sit on a date other than the one they were filed under, because their own sentence names the day, the month or the year it happened; each says so. Where a line sits is read from its own words and the row is never changed (how dates are read).
2026 6 acts on the line; 6 reported, dated only by the article; 3 lines of background, plans and statements
September 2026 1 act on the line; 3 reported; 3 lines of background, plans and statements
AIDEA plans to build roads manufacturing pads and a data center on the land
newsfromthestates.com (opens in a new tab), national outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Reported in September 2026, dated only by the article that carried them: 3 acts
Alaska Department of Natural Resources proposed to transfer nearly 20,000 acres of public land near Houston to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority for an industrial park including a data center.
yahoo.com (opens in a new tab), national outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Alaska Department of Natural Resources proposed transferring nearly 20000 acres of land near Houston to AIDEA
newsfromthestates.com (opens in a new tab), national outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Federal panel halted what would be first data center on public lands
commondreams.org (opens in a new tab), national outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Also on the record for September 2026, not acts of their own: 3 lines of background, plans and statements
Pentagon plans to build up to a dozen new military data centers near Anchorage, Healy, and Fairbanks and has offered to lease about 4,700 acres of government land to private companies, though no projects have been awarded yet.
fm.kuac.org (opens in a new tab) (a plan or a schedule, not an act yet)
Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is calling for a data center moratorium.
fm.kuac.org (opens in a new tab) (a description, not an act)
Alaska has no statewide regulation or guardrails on data centers or AI
deltadiscovery.com (opens in a new tab) (a description, not an act)
June 2026 No acts on the line; 1 reported
Reported in June 2026, dated only by the article that carried it: 1 act
Anchorage adopted new land use framework for data centers and energy intensive uses
dwt.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
May 2026 1 act on the line
Alaska Senate Bill 250 passed the Senate on May 16, 2026
dwt.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (the day its own sentence names; filed under Jun 29, 2026)
April 2026 1 act on the line; 2 reported
The DAF released a Request for Lease Proposal on April 10, 2026 with offers due by May 29, 2026
news.clearancejobs.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (the day its own sentence names; filed under Apr 14, 2026)
Reported in April 2026, dated only by the article that carried them: 2 acts
Mat Su Borough Assembly authorized staff to work with Terra Energy Center Corporation on two year joint international marketing effort to solicit companies interested in using power from proposed coal fired power plant
akbizmag.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Anchorage blocked new data centers in residential zones
broadbandbreakfast.com (opens in a new tab), trade press (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
March 2026 1 act on the line
Anchorage adopted Ordinance AO 2026-27 on March 27, 2026, establishing a new land use and permitting framework for data centers and similar energy intensive facilities
dwt.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (the day its own sentence names; filed under Apr 8, 2026)
2026, no month given 2 acts
Alaska Senate passed data center bill 14-5 in 2026 to regulate electricity use and require decommissioning plans
alaskabeacon.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 19, 2026)
Alaska Senate passed data center bill 14-5 this year but House did not take it up before end of legislative session
alaskapublic.org (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 21, 2026)