Data Center Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6984 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6984 To require reports on the effects of data centers on air quality and water quality, and on electricity consumption by data centers. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2026 Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Casar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require reports on the effects of data centers on air quality and water quality, and on electricity consumption by data centers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Data Center Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. REPORTS ON THE EFFECTS OF DATA CENTERS ON AIR QUALITY AND WATER QUALITY; REPORTS ON ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY DATA CENTERS. (a) Reports on the Effects of Data Centers on Air Quality and Water Quality.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, and not less frequently than once every 3 months thereafter, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report that identifies, with respect to the period of 3 months preceding the submission and publication of the report-- (1) the total amount of water consumed by data centers located in the United States; (2) how such data centers reuse water, and the amount of such reused water; (3) how such data centers affect local water systems, including with respect to-- (A) the availability of potable water; (B) whether the data center increased demand on local water utilities; (C) any potential data on service disruptions for other customers of local water utilities; (D) any chan