Data centers must share how much water and power they use
H.R. 10005 — Data Center Resource Disclosure Act · Filed by Hillary Scholten (D-MI) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill asks data centers to report their yearly energy use. It also asks them to report their yearly water use. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce will put the results on a map. Anyone can see the map. The government will say which data centers did not report. The survey happens once at first, then every year after that.
Who it affects
Data centers must decide whether to report their use. People and government officials can see the results on a public map. Communities near data centers can learn how much water and power these buildings use.
One thing to notice
The bill does not force data centers to report. It does not punish them if they don't.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 3 Democrats.
- Jul 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 30, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- data centers — Large buildings full of computers that store and process information for the internet
- Assistant Secretary of Commerce — A government official who helps run the Commerce Department
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,134 characters) on Jul 31, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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