California governor signs broad data center oversight bill package
The package requires data centers to disclose water and electricity use and pay for grid and water upgrades, officials said.
- On Wednesday, a bipartisan group led by Rep. Don Beyer urged House leadership to immediately advance legislation establishing safety guardrails for artificial intelligence before the chamber's recess.
- Lawmakers pointed to a fully autonomous cyberattack on machine learning company Hugging Face as evidence that AI has become dangerous enough to pose "profound implications for economic and national security."
- Rep. Josh Gottheimer and Rep. Mike Lawler introduced the Stop Rogue AI Act requiring national AI safety standards, but Speaker Johnson canceled votes on Thursday, stalling floor action.
- President Donald Trump dismissed the safety concerns as a "hoax," while House Speaker Mike Johnson defended industry "self-regulation," complicating legislative progress before midterm elections.
- Senate Republicans continue working with Sen. Amy Klobuchar on bipartisan legislation requiring developers to verify and test AI models for safety before release, offering an alternative path forward.
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California governor signs broad data center oversight bill package
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed seven bills aimed at regulating the fast-growing data center industry, imposing new requirements on electricity costs, water use and local oversight as communities push back against a surge in AI-linked development.
The governor of California, Democrat Gavin Newsom, sanctioned, on Monday (21), seven new laws that regulate the data centers sector, an activity that has been growing rapidly, imposing new demands on electricity costs, water use and local monitoring, as communities oppose the sudden increase in artificial intelligence-related ventures. The new legislation requires data centers to disclose information on electricity use, water consumption, land u…
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Lodinews.comGov. Gavin Newsom signs ‘most comprehensive data center laws’ in US
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven new data center regulations into law Monday, as public concerns about the facilities’ demands for water and electricity have reached a fever pitch. Newsom signed a raft of bills that require data…
California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed seven bills designed to prevent AI data centers from passing utility costs onto residents, as reported earlier by the Los Angeles Times. The package of laws requires the California Public Utilities Commission to introduce a new rate classification for data centers, while forcing them to pay for upgrades to […]
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