The US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation Expire
Neither Congress nor the Trump administration appears to be making significant moves to protect or extend the rule, or put alternate plans in place.Data centers have become a hot-button issue in recent months, as the tech industry goes all in on artificial intelligence and the infrastructure needed to power it. According to a Gallup poll from May, more than 70 percent of Americans oppose the construction of data centers, the energy- and water-intensive buildings that power the AI boom, in their communities. An employee with the GSA, the agency that oversees the government’s IT services and helps to implement the FDCEA, says that the lack of any sort of plan is highly uncommon.
- ▪Neither Congress nor the Trump administration appears to be making significant moves to protect or extend the rule, or put alternate plans in place.Data centers have become a hot-button issue in recent months, as the tech industry goes all
- ▪According to a Gallup poll from May, more than 70 percent of Americans oppose the construction of data centers, the energy- and water-intensive buildings that power the AI boom, in their communities.
- ▪An employee with the GSA, the agency that oversees the government’s IT services and helps to implement the FDCEA, says that the lack of any sort of plan is highly uncommon.
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Vittoria ElliottMolly TaftPoliticsJun 15, 2026 5:30 AMThe US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation ExpireThe federal government is planning to let a rule regulating federal data center operations sunset in September with no replacement.Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe US government is quietly planning to allow a rule outlining the standards for federal data center usage and operations, known as the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act (FDCEA), to expire, according to sources who spoke to WIRED.
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