Congress AI and Data Center Stock Trades

By Congress Pings Research · Research updated October 11, 2026

Three outlets published overlapping analyses in September 2026 on how much of Congress's personal wealth sits in AI, chip, and data-center-related stock. Rather than repeat their aggregate numbers as fact, we went to the primary source -- the actual Periodic Transaction Report filings at the House Clerk's office -- and verified specific trades line by line. What we found holds up -- and it turned up a connection across two members' filings.

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The Press Story, and Why We Didn't Just Repeat Its Numbers

On September 18, 2026, Sludge (readsludge.com) published an analysis titled "Here Are the Members of Congress Invested in the AI Industry," reporting that 106 members of Congress disclosed household investments in AI developers, chipmakers, cloud-infrastructure providers, data-center companies, or private AI startups, worth a combined $82.8 million to $325 million, with at least 44 of those members sitting on committees with AI, semiconductor, or China-trade jurisdiction. The same day, Common Dreams published its own summary of the Sludge analysis -- but reported different totals for the identical story: 105 members and $75 million to $287 million. Both pieces agree on the "at least 44" committee-seat figure. We could not access Sludge's full methodology (the original article is paywalled past its opening) to determine which number is more current or how the two outlets' counting methods differ.

Rather than pick one of those numbers to headline, or average them into a figure neither outlet actually published, we're citing both, attributed to their source. If you're looking for the two outlets' own analysis of the full scope, that's Sludge's and Common Dreams's reporting -- linked in the sources below. What follows is what Congress Pings verified independently, against the primary filings themselves.

Verified Trades: What We Confirmed Directly Against the Filings

We pulled these filings live from the House Clerk's disclosure system and read the actual PDFs -- not press paraphrase. Each row below traces to a specific filing ID you can look up yourself.

"[PS]" private-stock and "[ST]"/"[OP]" stock/option codes follow the House Clerk's own filing categories. Amount ranges are the Clerk's standard disclosure brackets -- the true value falls somewhere in the stated range, not at a specific point. Trades marked "(spouse)" were made by the member's spouse, not the member personally, as disclosed on the filing itself.

Two Members, Opposite Parties, Same Data-Center Supplier

The most interesting connection in this data isn't in any single filing -- it's across two of them. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA-08) disclosed six separate 2025 trades in Credo Technology (CRDO), a company that makes networking chips and cables used in data centers -- see the full Bresnahan trade history. Rep. Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA-31) separately disclosed his own CRDO purchase in a January 2026 filing, made through a family trust account. Neither member's filing references the other, and nothing here suggests coordination -- but it means at least two members of Congress, from opposite parties, independently bought the same data-center supplier less than eight months apart. The connection surfaced by cross-checking both filings against our own verified-facts record.

The Bloom Energy and Intel Angle

These household filings are disclosed by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the filer of record; her spouse, Paul Pelosi, is named as the beneficial owner and transactor on each row. This is the best-documented case in this dataset, and the most commonly cited in press coverage for the obvious Nvidia and Alphabet names. Less covered: two July 2026 filings disclose four separate Bloom Energy (BE) purchases -- a company that makes on-site fuel cells increasingly used to power data centers directly, bypassing grid-capacity constraints -- ranging from $500,001–$1,000,000 to $1,000,001–$5,000,000, plus three separate Intel (INTC) purchases spread across two different filings, ranging from $250,001–$500,000 up to a single $1,000,001–$5,000,000 options purchase in an earlier, separate May 2026 filing -- the two Intel filings should not be read as a single uniform range. Read alongside the January 2026 Alphabet/Nvidia/Amazon/Tempus AI activity, the filings show household exposure across the AI stack: chips (Nvidia, Intel), cloud/hyperscale (Alphabet, Amazon), applied AI (Tempus AI), and now on-site power generation for data centers (Bloom Energy) -- not just the widely-reported chip names.

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FAQ

Which members of Congress have disclosed trades in AI or data-center stocks?
Congress Pings independently verified 20 transaction line items across three members by reading the actual House Clerk filing PDFs directly: Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI-09, private AI/defense-tech purchases), Rep. Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA-31, a Credo Technology purchase), and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11, 17 trades and option transactions in Alphabet, Nvidia, Amazon, Tempus AI, Bloom Energy, and Intel). Press reporting (Sludge, Common Dreams) separately estimates 105-106 members of Congress hold AI-industry investments in total; that broader figure is their own analysis, not independently reproduced by Congress Pings, and is cited here as attributed reporting rather than our own count.

Did more than one member of Congress buy the same data-center stock?
Yes. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) disclosed six 2025 trades in Credo Technology (CRDO), a data-center networking supplier, including one purchase on June 3, 2025. Rep. Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA) separately disclosed his own CRDO purchase in January 2026. Both purchases are independently confirmed against primary-source House Clerk filings -- two members from opposite parties buying the same data-center supplier less than eight months apart.

What AI stocks has Nancy Pelosi's household traded?
Filings disclosed by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, naming her spouse Paul Pelosi as the transactor, show activity in Alphabet (GOOGL), Nvidia (NVDA), Amazon (AMZN), and Tempus AI (TEM) stock and options in January 2026, plus two separate mid-2026 filings showing Bloom Energy (BE) and Intel (INTC) stock and options at differing dollar ranges. Bloom Energy makes on-site fuel cells increasingly used to power data centers directly, which is a less-covered angle than the household's well-known Nvidia and Alphabet activity.

How do I get an alert when a member of Congress trades an AI or chip stock?
Congress Pings monitors the House disclosure feed for all 435 voting members and sends an automated email when a qualifying filing is successfully processed -- there is no AI-only filter to set up and no dashboard to check.

Is this proof that Congress is trading on inside information about AI or data centers?
No. These are disclosed, lawful trades and holdings reported under the STOCK Act. A financial disclosure shows that a trade happened, not why -- it is not evidence of any improper use of non-public information. Several of the trades described here were made by a member's spouse, not the member personally.