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How CA water management shows tension between tech growth and the environment

Governor Newsom vetoed bill on data center water reporting amid tech growth. Could this affect Cal Poly or San Luis Obispo?

Source: Mustang News

“I really felt like this was an opportunity to lead and tell the rest of the nation, ‘hey, data centers may use a lot of water, but this is a way of at least preparing yourselves for that water demand,’” Papan said. “My feeling is let Texas run out of water. We don’t have to be the same.”

A large data center can consume more water in a day than a city the size of San Luis Obispo, according to a report by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. The California legislature passed a bill this year that would have required data centers in California to report their water usage on business reports.