Data Center Transparency Act

This bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report to Congress every 3 months on how data centers in the United States affect water and air. These reports would cover the water data centers use and reuse, effects on local water systems and residential water rates, pollutants they discharge into water, and the greenhouse gases they emit. The bill would also require the Energy Information Administration to collect data on energy use by each data center and report every 6 months on total data center energy use by state, the number of new data centers, and changes in household energy bills. All reports would be posted publicly on a website, with the first ones due within 6 months after the bill becomes law.

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Sponsors

• Robert Menendez Democrat sponsor
• 15 cosponsors