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California tightens datacenter rules on water and power.

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California has tightened rules on datacenter water and power use after public pushback. Datacenter resource consumption is now under closer scrutiny in the state.

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“Public pushback puts bit barn resource use under the…”
The Register AI + ML, 21 Sept 2026, 23:33.

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