In 2025, there were more than 200 bills introduced across all 50 states aimed at regulating in-state data centers, which are the backbone of the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) boom, and more than 40 of those bills were enacted into law. 1 This legislation spans the policy. In a rare display of bipartisan urgency, United States senators from both parties have launched a coordinated legislative assault on the unchecked energy consumption of AI data centers. On March 26, 2026, Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a formal letter to the Energy. Data center regulation of the United States is done by federal, state, and local levels of government with overlapping requirements in terms of environmental standards, electric utility management, zoning restrictions, and building codes, without a single unified policy framework. The purpose of. Technology Driven Synergies: Interconnections/dependencies between the push for AI leadership and Energy sector dominance will significantly increase energy demands, potentially by as much as three hundred percent, and further increase concerns on continued energy resiliency. My Administration has inaugurated a golden age for American manufacturing and technological dominance. Twenty-seven states are advancing state data.