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The Compute Law Briefs
Five minutes a day so you don’t miss the law behind the biggest infrastructure buildout.
A free email every weekday on AI data center law. New rules, project updates, and some other nerdy stuff that I come up with. Free to share, read, and subscribe.
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October 14, 2026FERC keeps PJM's large load registry and rejects its curtailment plan October 13, 2026Federal judge dismisses AI data center developer's challenge to Nashville's moratorium October 12, 2026Alabama PSC sets a 90 day vote rule for large data center power contracts October 9, 2026What Duke's North Carolina settlement would require of large AI data centers October 8, 2026MISO proposes a 120 day study for large loads and their generators October 7, 2026FERC accepts PJM's backstop procurement but holds it until February 2027 October 6, 2026Pennsylvania proposes cutting power to AI data centers first in grid emergencies October 5, 2026Michigan approves DTE contracts for Google AI data center with cost protections October 2, 2026PJM begins deciding which AI data centers count in its 2027 forecast October 1, 2026New Jersey fines an AI data center $1.07 million for unpermitted gas generators September 30, 2026What California's new data center laws make developers disclose and pay September 29, 2026Texas sets the money large power users must post before grid studies September 28, 2026Virginia's Executive Order 22 bars new state secrecy deals on data centers September 25, 2026Nevada now makes data centers pay the full school tax to get tax breaks September 24, 2026Texas governor pauses environmental permits for data centers until state audits end September 2, 2026Georgia staff cleared OpenAI's 3,200 megawatt power contract after adding household protections September 1, 2026California sends the governor a bill making AI data centers prepay their power costs August 31, 2026Delaware now makes big AI data centers build their own clean power August 28, 2026Durham County stops new AI data center applications until May 2027 August 27, 2026Florida regulators heard Duke's AI data center rate plan on August 25 August 26, 2026Microsoft challenges the 15 year grid charge on its Wisconsin campus August 25, 2026Pennsylvania makes its AI data center standards binding by executive order August 24, 2026ERCOT stops approving new AI data center connections during a months long audit August 21, 2026PJM asks FERC to cut new AI data centers that bring no power