What the sources establish
The IEA surveyed 134 data-centre electricity integration policies and regulations, with nearly 40% announced or implemented over the prior year.
Evidence limit: Counting policies does not assess their enforcement, effectiveness or actual consumer electricity costs.
Evidence timeline
Source observation
IEA publishes its policy inventory
These source events predate the initial Cortist snapshot; they are not subsequent revisions.
Original documents
IEA Powering Artificial Intelligence executive summary ↗Primary source · 2026-10-14