Arizona HB2949 mandates large data centers to cover their energy costs, prohibiting passing these costs to other customers.

Arizona HB2949 amends the Arizona Revised Statutes to require large data centers to pay for their energy costs, including fuel, generation, and transmission costs. These costs cannot be passed on to other customers of public power entities. The bill defines a large data center as a facility or interconnected facilities with a peak demand of at least one hundred megawatts, used for processing, storing, retrieving, or transmitting data.

Arizona HB2949 mandates large data centers to cover their energy costs, prohibiting passing these costs to other customers.

Arizona HB2949 amends the Arizona Revised Statutes to require large data centers to pay for their energy costs, including fuel, generation, and transmission costs. These costs cannot be passed on to other customers of public power entities. The bill defines a large data center as a facility or interconnected facilities with a peak demand of at least one hundred megawatts, used for processing, storing, retrieving, or transmitting data.