AK SB250

Electric and gas utilities must enter commission-approved contracts with data centers, with all infrastructure and service costs assigned directly to the data center rather than other ratepayers

Data centers must submit waste heat recovery assessments to municipalities and either implement waste heat recovery or pay the municipality to fund local thermal projects

Municipalities must enter community benefit agreements with data centers before construction begins, addressing emergency response, local hiring, broadband interconnection costs, and digital equity contributions for underserved areas

Data centers must file end-of-life decommissioning and recycling plans with the Department of Environmental Conservation covering equipment removal, data destruction, and site restoration

Requirements apply to data centers consuming at least 20 megawatts of peak power demand (or 20% of utility's total electricity sales) and 2 billion standard cubic feet of gas annually (or 20% of utility's gas sales)