Senate Bill 1442 Printer's Number 1956

PENNSYLVANIA, September 25 - enterprise.

"Data center." A facility or group of facilities, including

ancillary uses or associated structures located on the same

tract or parcel of land, that:

(1) are predominantly used to house working servers or

similar data storage systems; and

(2) have an uninterruptible energy supply or generator

backup power, or both, cooling systems, towers and other

temperature control infrastructure.

"Foreign country of concern." A country designated on the

Countries of Particular Concern list or the Special Watch List

Countries by the United States Department of State.

"Foreign entity." A business enterprise that is:

(1) owned or controlled by the government of a foreign

country of concern; or

(2) a partnership, an association, a corporation, an

organization or other combination of persons organized under

the laws of or having its principal place of business in a

foreign country of concern, or a subsidiary of such entity.

Section 3. Data center controlled by foreign entity.

(a) Prohibition.--A data center controlled by a foreign

entity may not be operated or developed in this Commonwealth.

(b) Existing data centers.--A data center operated or being

developed in this Commonwealth by a foreign entity on the

effective date of this subsection shall immediately cease

operations or development of the data center.

Section 4. Enforcement.

The Attorney General may, on behalf of the Commonwealth,

bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for

injunctive relief to prevent a violation of this act.

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