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November 10, 2026

Senate weighs sweeping legislation to speed permitting for data centers, infrastructure

  • The bill aims to shorten the timeline for starting energy projects, including clean energy and fossil fuels.
    • By MATTHEW DALY and JENNIFER McDERMOTT
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday is set to take up bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for data centers and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week's election that soundly repudiated President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans.

    The Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote on the bill, which senators and the president have pushed as officials seek to meet growing demand for electricity and other forms of energy that now faces yearslong delays in getting to the grid.


     
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