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HB1534Introduced in the House of Delegates

Data Centers - Standards for Operation and Siting

IntroducedHouse Environment and Transportation

Introduced by April Fleming Miller, District 4

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requiring an owner or operator of a data center to comply with certain standards under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of the Environment to establish by regulation certain sound and vibration controls and requirements for backup power generation for data centers; prohibiting a local approving authority from authorizing the construction of a data center on certain agricultural land; and requiring a certain applicant to submit a certain report to a local approving authority under certain cirucmstances.

Where it stands

Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.

February 13, 2026

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Bill history

  1. First Reading Environment and Transportation

  2. Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.

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