Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.
An Act Requiring A Study Concerning Energy Efficiency Requirements For Artificial Intelligence Data Centers.
High-energy facilities; water and energy usage info. reports statewide clearinghouse established.
High-energy facilities; water and energy usage info. reports statewide clearinghouse established.
Requires submission of energy usage plan to BPU for proposed artificial intelligence data centers; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers to be derived from new clean energy sources.
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.
Data centers: power usage effectiveness: cost shifts.
Owners of certain buildings required to enter energy use data into benchmarking tool, public disclosure of energy use data required, grants provided, report required, and money appropriated.
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers, reports.
Preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects required, permit application information for large water appropriation projects added, level of environmental review for data centers specified, data centers exempted from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan, and other data center provisions modified.