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Executive Order 14318: federal permitting of data centres
Faster federal permitting and financial support for data centre projects over 100 MW or $500m capex.
In force Signed 23 July 2025, published 28 July 2025. Revoked EO 14141.
What it does
The rule in brief
The order defines a Data Center Project as a facility needing more than 100 MW of new load for AI inference, training, simulation or synthetic data generation. Qualifying Projects include those with at least $500 million of committed capital expenditure or more than 100 MW of incremental load. Commerce is to launch an initiative of financial support (loans, loan guarantees, grants, tax incentives and offtake agreements), agencies are to use and create NEPA categorical exclusions, and federal and brownfield land is to be made available.
Timeline
Key dates
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| 23 July 2025 | Order signed |
| 28 July 2025 | Published in the Federal Register |
Primary sources
Read it at source
- Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure (EO 14318), 90 FR 35385 (28 Jul 2025) Federal Register
Cite as: InfraCompute regulatory tracker, “Executive Order 14318: federal permitting of data centres”, checked 27 October 2026, https://www.infracompute.co.uk/tools/regulatory-tracker/us-data-center-permitting.
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Method
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