Require Statewide Review of Data Center Projects

Statewide review of data center projects is important to adequately track and evaluate resources that go into data center development, including interconnection requests, energy use, water usage, emissions from on-site generation, tax subsidies, and jobs. This process can and should evaluate all projects that use, plan to use, or are able to use 20 megawatts (MW) or more, even if those projects are powered with behind-the-meter energy, since they would not interconnect to the electric grid.