AI Data Centers on Federal Land Prohibition (HR9939)

Current understanding

HR9939 would prohibit the siting of Artificial Intelligence data centers on federal land, extending the ongoing AI-data-center policy debate into public-lands management. Unlike broader moratorium proposals, this bill uses land-use authority as the regulatory lever, meaning developers and hyperscalers would be foreclosed from federal parcels (BLM, USFS, etc.) while state and private siting remains untouched. Status: introduced.

Evidence log

• 2026-07-23 — To prohibit Artificial Intelligence Data Centers on Federal land.: cross-connection with ai-data-center-moratorium-act: Both restrict AI data center buildout, but HR9939 targets federal-land siting only while HR9442 proposes a broader moratorium. (novelty: 3)

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