Mandate 24/7 Renewable Energy Requirements

Require that data centers procure or subscribe to locally deliverable, additional, and zero-emissions renewable energy at all hours of the day, every day of the year, as a condition for receiving approval.1 “Additional” is an important requirement to ensure that data centers do not take energy away from another project that would have used the available renewable energy to decarbonize.

  1. Thanks to Sierra Club for this language. For more details, see Sierra Club, “State Policies to Migitate Data Centers,” January 2025, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ECA47CaiLwaL0STaon7Ng4O2i-Etd6E2mPfhqp-30TI/. ↩︎