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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.
2 acts on the line for Hawaii, from 12 dated lines in the records' histories and the scorecard. 5 more acts are dated only by the article that reported them and sit under their month. 2 lines report an act already listed. 3 lines are background, plans or statements. 1 line sits on a date other than the one it was filed under, because its 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 0 acts on the line; 5 reported, dated only by the article; 2 lines of background, plans and statements
October 2026 No acts on the line; 1 line of background, plans and statements
Also on the record for October 2026, not acts of their own: 1 line of background, plans and statements
The Leeward Planning Commission will evaluate Bill 170 and make a recommendation to the Council, with its next meeting scheduled for October 15, 2026.
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September 2026 No acts on the line; 4 reported; 1 line of background, plans and statements
Reported in September 2026, dated only by the article that carried them: 4 acts
Bill 170 introduces distinct zoning categories for data centers and data processing facilities to prevent AI data center construction
staradvertiser.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Hawaii County Council Windward Planning Commission deferred action on Bill 170 until November
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Hawaii County Windward Planning Commission deferred action on Bill 170 until October, which would amend zoning to ban AI data centers distinct from smaller data processing facilities.
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1 more report of this
- Reported September 9 Windward Planning Commission deferred action until October on Bill 170, which would ban artificial intelligence data centers and distinguish them from standard data processing facilities govtech.com (opens in a new tab)
County Planning Director Jeff Darrow recommends data centers be subject to a size limitation of 10,000 square feet in general industrial district, with larger facilities requiring a use permit.
staradvertiser.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
1 more report of this
- Reported September 9 Hawaii County Planning Director Jeff Darrow proposed data centers in general industrial district be subject to a size limitation of 10,000 square feet; larger facilities would require a use permit and site specific review govtech.com (opens in a new tab)
Also on the record for September 2026, not acts of their own: 1 line of background, plans and statements
Bill 170 proposes distinguishing AI data centers from standard data processing facilities to close a zoning loophole allowing developers to avoid county restrictions.
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July 2026 No acts on the line; 1 reported
Reported in July 2026, dated only by the article that carried it: 1 act
Hawaii County passed legislation targeting data centers
hawaiitribune-herald.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
2025 1 act on the line; 1 line of background, plans and statements
April 2025 1 act on the line; 1 line of background, plans and statements
1547 Critical Systems Realty and Harrison Street acquired DRFortress from GI Partners
datacentremagazine.com (opens in a new tab), trade press (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Also on the record for April 2025, not acts of their own: 1 line of background, plans and statements
DRFortress was founded in 2006
datacentremagazine.com (opens in a new tab) (no act in the sentence)
2020 1 act on the line
January 2020 1 act on the line
GI Partners acquired a majority interest in DRFortress in January 2020
datacentremagazine.com (opens in a new tab), trade press (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Apr 9, 2025)