New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5482: Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission-concerns
Status: In committee, September 14, 2026
Establishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers; creates Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission.
What the bill says
An Act establishing a temporary moratorium on certain data center approvals and construction, and expansion, and creating a commission to study the impacts of artificial intelligence data centers.
From the introduced text, September 14, 2026:
An Act establishing a temporary moratorium on certain data center approvals and construction, and expansion, and creating a commission to study the impacts of artificial intelligence data centers. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium and Impact Study Act. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Artificial intelligence data centers consume extraordinary amounts of electricity, water, land, and telecommunications infrastructure. b. The long-term impacts of large-scale artificial intelligence data centers on utility rates, energy reliability, environmental quality, water resources, labor markets, public health, municipal services, and local tax structures are not fully understood. c. New Jersey has a compelling interest in protecting residents from increased utility costs and ensuring that future technological development occurs in a responsible and transparent manner. d. A temporary moratorium on the construction of artificial intelligence data centers is necessary to allow the State to conduct a comprehensive study and develop appropriate regulatory standards. 3. As used in this act: Artificial intelligence data center means a data center that is designed, developed, constructed, operated, or expanded primarily to support artificial intelligence training, artificial intelligence inference, machine learning, large language models, generative artificial intelligence, or other artificial intelligence systems, and that …
Sponsors
- Annette Quijano (D, 20) · primary sponsor
- Balvir Singh (D, 7) · primary sponsor
- Tennille R. McCoy (D, 14)
Latest actions
- : INT 1RA REF ASL
Subjects: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT
Common questions
- What is A5482?
- A5482 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission-concerns.
- What does A5482 do?
- In its own words: An Act establishing a temporary moratorium on certain data center approvals and construction, and expansion, and creating a commission to study the impacts of artificial intelligence data centers.
- What is the status of A5482?
- In committee as of September 14, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RA REF ASL (September 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5482?
- Annette Quijano (D, 20), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A5482?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5482
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