Data Center Siting Friction Becomes the New Development Bottleneck
Texas, Fort Worth, and Pennsylvania tightened data center rules within days of each other, while a federal permitting order pushes the opposite way.

Texas, Fort Worth, and Pennsylvania tightened data center rules within days of each other, while a federal permitting order pushes the opposite way.

At least 12 states have filed data center moratorium bills this legislative cycle. Here is what is advancing, what is stalling, and what it means for power-intensive development timelines across the country.