Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a ...

Gavin Newsom doesn’t want to slow it down. The governor vetoed a bill on Saturday that would have provided more transparency ...

A recent Bloomberg report found that nearly two-thirds of new data centers constructed or under development since 2022 have ...

Most plans to regulate data centers died in the state's Legislature this year, despite a nationwide backlash. Two surviving ...

A 2024 report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory noted that in 2014 data centers “consumed 21.2 billion liters of ...

One of four data center bills proposed in California was signed into law as the state seeks to balance consumer protection ...

By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.

The AI-driven data center boom is adding strain on the West’s water. New legislation in California would require data centers ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their water usage.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers started the year signaling they were ready to get tough on data centers, aiming to protect the ...

In his veto message, the governor said he was "reluctant to impose rigid reporting requirements" on the burgeoning sector.