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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 969
February 6, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Jacque
and
Nass
, cosponsored by Representatives
Moses
,
Dittrich
,
Maxey
,
Piwowarczyk
,
Behnke
and
Wichgers
. Referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism.
SB969,1,3
1
An Act
to create
66.10015 (1) (ag), 66.10015 (7) and 134.89 of the statutes;
2
relating to:
prohibiting nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal
3
information about a data center from the public.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a data center, including any agent of a data center, from entering into any agreement, including a nondisclosure agreement, that has the purpose or effect of concealing the details of the development of the data center from the public or preventing public review of the data center. The bill also prohibits a city, village, town, or county (political subdivision) from entering into any agreement, including a nondisclosure agreement, that has the purpose or effect of concealing the details of the development of a data center from the public or preventing public review of a data center. These prohibitions do not apply to an agreement that has the sole purpose of preventing public disclosure of a trade secret.
In addition, the bill prohibits a political subdivision from permitting or approving a project for the creation of a data center if the data center or an agent of the data center or the political subdivision violates a nondisclosure agreement prohibition created in the bill.
The bill defines “data center” to mean a facility in this state that satisfies all of the following:
1. The facility’s primary services are storage, management, and processing of digital data.
2. The facility is used to house computer and network systems, including associated components such as servers and network equipment and appliances; telecommunications systems; data storage systems; systems for monitoring and managing infrastructure performance, Internet-related equipment and services, data connections, and environmental controls; fire protection systems; and security systems and services.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB969,1
1
Section
1
.
66.10015 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB969,2,3
2
66.10015
(1)
(ag) “Data center” means a facility in this state that satisfies all
3
of the following:
SB969,2,5
4
1. The facility’s primary services are storage, management, and processing of
5
digital data.
SB969,2,11
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2. The facility is used to house computer and network systems, including
7
associated components such as servers and network equipment and appliances;
8
telecommunications systems; data storage systems; systems for monitoring and
9
managing infrastructure performance, Internet-related equipment and services,
10
data connections, and environmental controls; fire protection systems; and security
11
systems and services.
SB969,2
12
Section
2
.
66.10015 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
SB969,2,16
13
66.10015
(7)
Data centers.
(a) 1. No political subdivision may enter into an
14
agreement, including a nondisclosure agreement, that has the purpose or effect of
15
concealing the details of the development of a data center from the public or
16
preventing public review of a data center.
SB969,3,2
1
2. Subd. 1. does not apply to an agreement that has the sole purpose of
2
preventing public disclosure of a trade secret.
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3
(b) No political subdivision may permit or approve a project for the creation of
4
a data center if the data center or an agent of the data center violates s. 134.89 or if
5
the political subdivision violates par. (a).
SB969,3
6
Section
3
.
134.89 of the statutes is created to read:
SB969,3,9
7
134.89
Prohibiting data centers from entering into agreements
8
intended to conceal information from the public.
(1)
In this section “data
9
center” means a facility in this state that satisfies all of the following:
SB969,3,11
10
(a) The facility’s primary services are storage, management, and processing
11
of digital data.
SB969,3,17
12
(b) The facility is used to house computer and network systems, including
13
associated components such as servers and network equipment and appliances;
14
telecommunications systems; data storage systems; systems for monitoring and
15
managing infrastructure performance, Internet-related equipment and services,
16
data connections, and environmental controls; fire protection systems; and security
17
systems and services.
SB969,3,21
18
(2)
No data center, including an agent of a data center, may enter into any
19
agreement, including a nondisclosure agreement, that has the purpose or effect of
20
concealing the details of the development of the data center from the public or
21
preventing public review of the data center.
SB969,3,23
22
(3)
This section does not apply to an agreement that has the sole purpose of
23
preventing public disclosure of a trade secret.
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