Hawaii
Hawaii's data-center policy debate remains nascent but moved from silence to a study posture in 2026: companion resolutions (SR90/SCR95/HR196/HCR206) request the State Energy Office to convene a working group on the impacts of large data centers on utilities, ratepayers, natural resources, and climate goals, though they remained in committee (, Civil Beat/Digital Democracy HR196).
ILens Signals
Capital Flows/Insurability is a secondary stressor: Hawaii's highest-in-nation electricity costs make ratepayer cost-shift the explicit framing of the study resolutions, even though no binding policy exists yet (TrackBill SCR95,). Energy/Power (island grid constraints) is the other central domain.
IIKey 2026 Races
None identified. No Hawaii 2026 federal, statewide, or local candidate race centered on data centers surfaced.
IIIMoratorium · Ban Status
None identified. No state or local data-center moratorium, ban, or pause found for Hawaii in 2026 sources (MultiState).
IVRatepayer · Cost-Shift Legislation
No enacted statute. The 2026 activity is study-oriented resolutions (SR90/SCR95/HR196/HCR206) directing the State Energy Office to convene a working group examining ratepayer, utility, natural-resource, and climate impacts of large data centers, with a report due ~20 days before the 2027 session; status: in committee (, TrackBill SCR95).
VBallot Measures
None identified. Ballotpedia's Hawaii 2026 ballot-measures page lists no data-center or AI-infrastructure measure (MultiState context).
VITop Contested Sites
None identified as a high-profile contested/cancelled data-center project in Hawaii for 2026.
VIITalent · Workforce
Not applicable in 2026 — no meaningful data-center workforce/labor dimension identified given the absence of built projects.
VIIIData Center Cluster Size
Minimal — no significant hyperscale cluster; activity is limited to policy study of potential future large data centers.
IXKey Quote
The resolutions request a working group to "study the potential impacts of large data centers on Hawaii's electric utilities, ratepayers, natural resources, and climate goals" (Civil Beat/Digital Democracy HR196).