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Senate committee approves data-center water-transparency reporting for large facilities
Summary
The committee unanimously recommended HB 76 (third substitute), requiring pre-construction notice to the state water engineer and annual reporting to the Division of Water Rights for new data centers larger than 10,000 sq ft that use more than 75 acre-feet per year; sponsor said the measure is about communication not limits.
The Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee on a unanimous voice vote advanced House Bill 76 (third substitute), a transparency measure that requires large new data centers to notify the state water engineer before construction and to submit annual post-construction water-use reports to the Division of Water Rights.
Representative Cofer, the sponsor, said HB 76 is a reporting and public-disclosure mechanism, not a ban or cap on water use. The third substitute applies to data centers larger than 10,000 square feet that use more than 75 acre-feet of…
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