Graded Light and steady. 5 laws, orders, rulings and local actions, each with its source, reviewed 2 November 2026.
No state connection rule; Anchorage's March 2026 framework only asks grid users for a utility letter confirming capacity.
No large-load tariff or contract standard in force; SB 250 died in a House committee in May 2026.
Anchorage's March 2026 code limits data centers to commercial and industrial zones after public review; no pause in force anywhere.
Alaska has no data center tax incentive and no sales tax, and no in-force action on incentives, so nothing to lose and nothing to gain.
No water, air or disclosure rule in force; Anchorage asks only for water and wastewater capacity documentation at permitting.
Scored on rules in force, 1 to 5. 5 is the most regulated. Pending rules set the arrow.
Alaska has no data center-specific statute, tariff or tax incentive, and no state sales tax. The only large proposal is Stak Energy's self-powered campus on state land on the North Slope, which would burn its own natural gas and not connect to the Railbelt grid. A bill to require commission-approved utility contracts for data centers (SB 250) passed the Senate in May 2026 and died in a House committee. Anchorage adopted a land-use framework for data centers and other energy-intensive uses in 2026.
The Department of Natural Resources had still not issued a final best-interest finding on the Stak lease as of 2 November 2026, after a comment period that closed on 17 July 2026 with more than 500 comments; only commenters may appeal the final finding. On 23 October 2026 Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Grier Hopkins proposed an ordinance pausing land-use permits for data centers of 5 MW or more, or more than 50,000 square feet, until 31 December 2027; it goes to the borough Planning Commission for a recommendation within 90 days of introduction. The borough's top ask for the legislative session opening in January 2027 is a statewide moratorium, and SB 250 is expected to return. Golden Valley Electric issued its first energy emergency alert on 12 October 2026 and expects more over the next two years. The 3 November 2026 election chooses a new governor: Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins supports a temporary moratorium until the Legislature sets rules, Republican Bernadette Wilson has said she would not let hyperscale data centers fill the state, and Republicans Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor favor development, with Taylor wanting data centers to bring their own energy. No Railbelt utility has filed a large-load tariff with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
No. As of 2 November 2026 no statewide or local moratorium on data centers is in force in Alaska. Proposals and expired pauses are not counted.
Steady. Alaska is graded Light, which means incentives in place and few new obligations. No data center rules; one large off-grid North Slope proposal pending. The outlook above says what is pending.
Alaska has no regional grid operator; its utilities connect large loads under state rules.
No. Alaska's data center incentives were not pulled back in 2025 or 2026 as of 2 November 2026.
On Genloop's five-line rubric (1 least regulated, 5 most) Alaska scores grid connection 1, power rates 1, siting and land use 2, tax treatment 3, permits and water 1, a mean of 1.6. The most regulated line is tax treatment: Alaska has no data center tax incentive and no sales tax, and no in-force action on incentives, so nothing to lose and nothing to gain.
5 items: each is a law, order, tariff, ruling, utility action or local decision that changes what a data center must do, pay or disclose, or where it may be built. Failed and pending measures are marked. Each links to its source.
On 23 October 2026 Mayor Grier Hopkins proposed an ordinance that would stop the borough from granting land-use permits for large-scale data centers until 31 December 2027, when an update of the Regional Comprehensive Plan with data center guidance is due. Large-scale means an aggregate peak electrical demand of 5 MW or more, operations covering more than 50,000 square feet, or on-site generation of at least 5 MW. The ordinance was scheduled for introduction to the assembly and then referral to the borough Planning Commission for a recommendation within 90 days. Borough code does not currently address zoning for data centers.
Source: alaskasnewssource.comOn 27 August 2026 the borough assembly voted 6-1 to adopt 2027 legislative priorities that ask the state and federal governments for a moratorium on permitting, leasing or building new commercial data centers until standards exist for electrical demand, water use, environmental impacts and air quality. Mayor Grier Hopkins calls it the borough's top legislative ask for the session opening in January 2027, and on 23 October 2026 he proposed a separate borough ordinance pausing land-use permits for large data centers. Golden Valley Electric issued its first energy emergency alert on 12 October 2026. The federal government issued a request for proposals in 2026 to lease land for data centers at Eielson Air Force Base, Clear Space Force Station and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Source: fm.kuac.orgIn May 2026 the Department of Natural Resources issued a preliminary best-interest finding in favor of a 50-year negotiated lease of about 715 acres (a 640-acre gravel pad) off the Dalton Highway, 25 miles south of Deadhorse, for a campus Stak Energy says would cost more than $10 billion and generate 1 to 3 GW on site from North Slope gas, selling power to hyperscalers rather than running data centers itself. More than 500 comments, fewer than a dozen in support, arrived before the deadline was extended to 17 July 2026. Only commenters may appeal the final finding, which had not been issued as of mid-October 2026.
Source: juneauindependent.comWould have required electric and gas utilities to have commission-approved contracts that assign costs to data centers, with financial security where service needs more than $1 million of utility investment and a water use plan filed with the municipality. Passed the Senate on 16 May 2026 and died in the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee.
Source: dwt.comAdopted 10-2 by the Anchorage Assembly in March 2026, the first time the municipal code defines data centers. They are allowed only in commercial and industrial zones after public review, must use landscaping buffers and enclosed power equipment to limit noise, and a developer drawing on the grid must file a written statement from the electric utility confirming sufficient system capacity, with the same documentation for water and wastewater. Anchorage has one sizable colocation site and no hyperscale facilities.
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