Bill Title: Creates the Data Center Construction by Foreign Adversaries Act. Provides that no foreign company may construct or cause to be constructed a data center in the State unless the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Power Agency, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity conduct a joint study of the energy consumption of the prospective data center and certify to the Governor and the General Assembly that the energy used by the new data center is a new self-generated load and does not affect the load supply of PJM or MISO. Provides that the term "foreign company" means an entity that (i) is at least 51% owned by a foreign adversary or (ii) is headquartered in a country with a government that is a foreign adversary.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-07-01 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Darby A. Hills [SB3578 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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