The Bahamas

Name: The Bahamas
Address: BS

The Bahamas is drafting AI legislation and a minister has said it will consider large AI data centres case by case rather than court hyperscale sites.

Data protection rests on the Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act 2003, with a Data Protection Commissioner who can restrict transfers to places without adequate protection. Press reports describe dedicated AI legislation being advanced and, in August 2026, a broader digital infrastructure strategy being developed. A report of 13 August 2026 quotes the Minister of Innovation and National Development describing a sovereignty-focused approach, with hyperscale centres on New Providence restricted unless developers supply their own power. We found no named data centre.

AI policy and activity

No AI law is in force in the sources read. Reported statements say AI legislation is being advanced; no text was found.

Power and grid

Reported. The 13 August 2026 Tribune report says approval of major projects would need adequate power and water, and that hyperscale centres on New Providence would be restricted unless developers build their own power stations. No named facility or capacity figure was found.

Rules and programmes

Rules and programmes
Instrument	Kind	Status	What it does
Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act 2003 Read the cited source	Law	In force	Reported. University of the West Indies data protection page names the Act and its year and says the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner enforces it and that data cannot go to places lacking sufficient protection. DLA Piper (https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?c=BS&t=law) describes section 17 as letting the Commissioner restrict transfers and notes a stated government intention from October 2023 to enact new legislation, with no timeline. We did not read the Act.
Proposed AI legislation and governance structures Read the cited source	Policy	Proposed	Reported. EWNews says the government is advancing dedicated AI legislation with governance structures. The article gives no dates and names no oversight body.
Ministerial approach to AI data centres Read the cited source	Policy	Stated	Reported. Tribune report dated 13 August 2026 of statements by the Minister of Innovation and National Development: proposals considered individually on merit, environmental impact and infrastructure capacity; hyperscale centres on New Providence restricted unless developers build their own power stations; adequate power and water required; legislative frameworks being developed. This is a stated position, not a published rule.

Checked on 3 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.

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ComputeFinder. (2026, October 3). The Bahamas: AI and compute. ComputeFinder. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://computefinder.net/countries/bahamas

BibTeX

@misc{computefinder_countries_bahamas,
  title        = {The Bahamas: AI and compute},
  author       = {{ComputeFinder}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0091}},
  number       = {cf-ctry-0091},
  note         = {Page last checked 3 October 2026. Retrieved 14 November 2026.}
}

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