Bill makes data centers pay full cost of power grid upgrades.
H.R. 10322 — Data Center Fair Share Act · Filed by Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) · Introduced Sep 8, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
Large data centers using 100 or more megawatts must pay full grid upgrade costs. Right now those costs spread to all customers. The bill withholds all highway funding from states that do not comply within two years.
Who it affects
Regular people would no longer pay for data center grid upgrades. All people in non-compliant states would lose highway funding. Data centers and large industrial facilities would pay more.
One thing to notice
The bill withholds highway funding to force states to change utility rules. This penalty affects all citizens in non-compliant states, not only data centers.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 8, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 8, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- megawatts — A unit that measures how much electricity something uses at one time.
- grid upgrades — Work done to make the power system stronger or bigger to handle more electricity.
- highway funding — Money the U.S. government gives to states to build and fix roads.
- withholds — Refuses to give or takes away something that would normally be provided.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,533 characters) on Sep 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 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 2026-09-17.
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