Bill stops data centers from hiding details when public money is used.
H.R. 10570 — No Secrets for Data Centers Act of 2026 · Filed by Greg Landsman (D-OH) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill stops secret deals that prevent people from talking about data center building. It applies when public money or officials are involved. Data centers cannot get tax breaks, grants, or loans if those deals require secrecy. The bill lets people know how their tax dollars are spent. People can learn what effects those projects have on air, water, jobs, and towns.
Who it affects
Citizens can now learn how public money is spent on data center projects. Data center firms may have to share more facts about their building plans.
One thing to notice
The bill stops governments from using tax money to pay for data centers while keeping people quiet.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- secret deals — Legal papers that stop people from talking about or sharing certain facts.
- tax breaks — Money or cuts the government gives to firms to do something the government wants.
- data center — A big building full of computers that store and process facts for the internet.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,453 characters) on Sep 28, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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 2026-10-20.
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