U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9825: Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026
Status: In committee, July 22, 2026
To require data center operators to submit to States or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture reports on data center energy and water use, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To require data center operators to submit to States or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture reports on data center energy and water use, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, July 22, 2026:
A BILL To require data center operators to submit to States or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture reports on data center energy and water use, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Data center terms The terms data center and data center operator have the meanings given those terms in section 453(a) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 17112(a) ). (3) Energy use The term energy use , with respect to data centers, means the total quantity of electricity and other forms of energy consumed on site by that data center, as measured in kilowatt-hours. (4) Power usage effectiveness The term power usage effectiveness has the meaning given the term in ISO/IEC 30134-2:2026 of the International Organization for Standardization (or a successor standard). (5) Secretaries The term Secretaries means the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture. (6) State The term State means-- (A) each of the several States; (B) a territory of the United States; (C) the Federated States of Micronesia; (D) the Republic of …
Sponsors
- Lauren Underwood (D, HD-014) · primary sponsor
- Gabe Vasquez (D, HD-NM-2)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Common questions
- What is HB9825?
- HB9825 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026.
- What does HB9825 do?
- In its own words: To require data center operators to submit to States or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture reports on data center energy and water use, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB9825?
- In committee as of July 22, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (July 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9825?
- Lauren Underwood (D, HD-014), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB9825?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9825
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