North Dakota Regulators Can’t Help Blumenthal on Data Center Oversight

April 20, 2026 – The North Dakota Public Service Commission cannot provide key information to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on data center transparency because it does not regulate the facilities, officials said Wednesday.

Blumenthal wrote to public utility regulators in March to ask whether data center developers use nondisclosure agreements, whether agencies face barriers to obtaining information, and whether states will release those agreements publicly.

North Dakota regulators plan to submit a response to Blumenthal’s request, but officials said it will be limited in scope.

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