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.
Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.
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Google fined $463 million for breaching EU location data rules
California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates
The EU will force data centers to disclose their energy and water use
Nearly $200 Billion Worth of Data Center Projects Have Been Blocked or Delayed This Year
California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use
Amazon wants to help the Colorado River, but we still don’t know how much water the company uses
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