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Newsom targets data center costs, resource usage with bevy of bills
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Cloud Infrastructure
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United States
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Fusion42 · 21 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed seven bills aimed at regulating data centers to control electricity and water usage, prevent utility cost increases for consumers, and enforce transparency and environmental safeguards.
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You face tighter rules on energy and water use in California’s data centers that shift costs away from consumers onto operators. Plan now to integrate compliance and transparency measures or risk losing local approvals and bearing infrastructure upgrade costs.
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1 source · 21 Sep 2026
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Cloud Infrastructuredata-centersenergy-regulationwater-useutility-costsenvironmental-safeguardstransparency