Smart Data Center Policy Act
The Smart Data Center Policy Act directs the Secretary of Commerce to study how building data centers near military bases, airports, rail hubs, or industrial zones affects local industries. This research will evaluate construction costs, impacts on energy and water systems, which areas have the necessary infrastructure to support these facilities, and potential federal incentives for their development. The study must be completed within 180 days of the bill's enactment, with results reported to specific congressional committees. The legislation does not authorize new construction or funding but focuses on gathering information to guide future policy decisions regarding data center placement.
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Eugene Simon Vindman
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