States push to end secrecy over data center water use
States facing drought and dwindling groundwater supplies are seeking to pull back the curtain on water use at data centers, in a push for transparency that has scrambled traditional partisan alliances. Lawmakers from at least eight states this year introduced legislation to require data centers to report their water use. … The proposal in California … would have required data centers to report estimated water use to their local supplier before applying for a business license. Companies would have also needed to report annual use when applying to renew their license. The bill passed both of California’s Democratic-controlled chambers, but Gov. Gavin Newsom did not sign it.
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