Power and Water for Families Act of 2026

It is the policy of Congress that—

(1) the United States should pursue an all-of-the-above strategy to develop the energy and water infrastructure required to maintain global leadership in artificial intelligence;

(2) the United States should address demonstrated and localized infrastructure impacts through targeted, evidence-based measures rather than broad restrictions, blanket moratoria, or policies that impede responsible development;

(3) large-load customers should be encouraged to build, bring, or buy new and additive generation resources and should bear the full incremental cost of the infrastructure required primarily to serve their facilities;

(4) the development of data centers and advanced computing facilities should be addressed through regionally appropriate policies that protect affordability and reliability while allowing responsible economic development; and

(5) water reuse should be encouraged through investment in projects that install, replace, or modify onsite water recycling systems, replace the use of freshwater with recycled water from a municipal water provider, or build or expand municipal water recycling systems.