Protect local authority over data center decisions

Tom Barrett introduced legislation to bar federal agencies from overriding local governments’ authority to reject data centers. It would also prevent agencies from using federal funding for a data center to pressure state or local governments to give up that authority.

Context: Introduced legislation; applies to federal agencies and their use of federal funding.

In their own words

To prohibit federal agencies from overriding local authority to reject data centers

The source

Tom Barrett: official policy priorities

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026