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Data-center companies brief WPIC on water use as advocates and environmental groups comment
Summary
Representatives of Beowulf Electricity and Data and Sabey Data Centers presented on data-center water use; environmental groups and lawmakers questioned resource impacts. The committee did not take formal action.
Industry representatives presented proposals and technical details about projected data-center water demand and cooling approaches at the Jan. 12 Water Policy Interim Committee meeting.
Pace Ralli, vice president for project development at Beowulf Electricity and Data, and Rob Corbin, senior vice president for energy development at Sabey Data Centers, described company projects and responded to committee questions. Recorded public commenters included Matt Elsasser (Upper Missouri Water Keepers), Ben Catton (Montana Environmental Information Center) and Clayton Elliott (Montana Trout Unlimited). Rep. Jane Gillette participated in questioning.
Committee members asked about water sourcing, permitting and environmental protections. The minutes record that presenters took substantive questions; no motions or votes were recorded on data-center proposals during the session.
