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- California lawmakers passed a bill requiring data centers to report projected and actual water use.
- Illinois' National Petascale Computing Facility (NPCF) reported water use of 5,000 gallons per minute.
- AI data centers are projected to use over 365 million gallons annually, for about 12,000 people.
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania, enacts regulations on noise, air quality, and resource use for data centers.