Congress·In Committee·H.R. 9019

POWER Act

Data Centers: Energy and Water Use Reporting

about 2 months ago·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

The POWER Act is currently in the early stages of the legislative process. It was recently sent to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for review. No further actions are scheduled at this time.

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Unlikely to pass

This bill is in the very early stages of the lawmaking process. While there is growing interest in how data centers affect the power grid, most individual bills like this do not make it to a final vote.

Key Points

This bill requires the Department of Energy to track how much water and electricity large data centers use every year. Data centers are massive buildings filled with computers that need constant power and water to stay cool.
The government would report on whether these centers use public water systems and if they recycle their water. It also tracks if they generate their own electricity or buy it from the local power grid like a regular home or business.
The report must show how much it costs to connect these centers to the power grid and who is paying those bills. This helps ensure that regular utility customers are not paying for a private company's expensive setup costs.
The goal is to protect local water supplies and farmland from being used up by tech companies. Supporters want to make sure the federal government is not helping fund data centers that would not be able to survive on their own.

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Milestones

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May 22, 2026House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

May 22, 2026

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

POWER Act

Bill NumberHR 9019

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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