Data Center Community Reinvestment Act of 2026

This bill would create a new federal excise tax on data centers equal to 1 cent for each kilowatt-hour of electricity they use. A data center is defined as a facility that mainly holds electronic equipment for processing, storing, or transmitting digital information and has a power capacity or peak load above 1 megawatt. The money collected would be split into five equal parts, going to the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the Housing Trust Fund, the Hazardous Substance Superfund, the Highway Trust Fund, and a new Energy Technology Trust Fund. The new energy fund would pay the cost of federal loan guarantees under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The tax would apply to electricity used after the bill becomes law.

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Sponsors

• Andrea Salinas Democrat sponsor
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