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25th Knesset · outgoing

Planning and Building Law (Amendment No. 168) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק התכנון והבניה (תיקון מס' 168)

TL;DRA proposal to amend the Planning and Building Law to allow the establishment of server farms for artificial intelligence as national infrastructure, with a limit on the number of plans submitted to the committee for review each year.

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What does the bill do?

The bill adds a new definition of "server farms intended for artificial intelligence uses" to the Planning and Building Law. Plans for such server farms that meet certain criteria (processing units with significant computing power and electricity consumption above a defined threshold) will be defined as "national infrastructure." The bill sets a limit under which no more than ten such plans will be submitted to the National Infrastructure Committee in each calendar year.

Passed first readingFirst plenum vote: June 2, 2026

The votes on this bill

Passed19 for · 0 against · 2 abstained · 99 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudFor 10 · Absent 22
ShasFor 3 · Absent 8
United Torah JudaismFor 1 · Absent 6
Religious ZionismFor 1 · Absent 6
Otzma YehuditFor 3 · Absent 3

Left the coalition 9 seats

Blue and White – National UnityAbstained 1 · Absent 7
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 1 · Abstained 1 · Absent 22
Ra'amAbsent 5
LaborAbsent 4

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