Non-disclosure agreements, energy costs focus of data center hearing

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 1,416

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Data centers and local communities would be barred from working in secret under legislation that received a public hearing before a state Senate committee Tuesday.

The Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism also heard testimony on a pair of competing bills, both pitched as ensuring that data centers pay their own way for the electric power they use and controlling how they use water resources.

SB 969 would impose a blanket ban on …

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