Newsom signed seven bills mandating that data centers provide transparency about the use of local resources so local officials and residents can better determine the economic costs and benefits of such projects, the Governor's Office said.
Supporters of the bills characterize them as an essential framwork that would shield consumers from data center rate spikes, grid instability, and localized droughts from excess water usage. Local communities will also have expanded oversight over site selections and zoning variances, and any proposed facilities will require a land-use permitting and environmental review process. "While the Trump administration moves toward deregulation, communities are left to deal with the consequences - higher electricity demand, grid constraints, water use, and pollution. Today we are once again laying the groundwork for a stronger approach, because we know that we don't have to sell out Californians or sacrifice our well-being to innovate and succeed," Newsom said in a prepared statement. "With these laws, we are ensuring that Californians remain in the driver's seat - and that those profiting from data centers aren't doing so at our expense"
The bills Newsom signed on Monday are:
AB 1577 by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda). Data centers: reportingAB 2383 by Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Hollywood) - Electricity: data centersAB 2469 by Assemblymember Diane Papan (D-San Mateo) - Data centers: water use disclosuresAB 2619 by Assemblymember Diane Papan (D-San Mateo) - Water resources: data centerSB 886 by Sen. Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) and Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton) - California Technology Innovation and Ratepayer Protection ActSB 887 by Sen. Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) - California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal power plant projectsSB 1168 by Sen. Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton) - Data centers: Rate structuresA recent CBS News/YouGov poll shows that more Americans oppose than favor having a new data center built in their area by over a two-to-one margin, with the lack of familiarity with data centers contributing to their unease about having one in their local area.
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