Richard Stuart
SB 417 status: Introduced — Continued from last session (updated Jul 21, 2026).
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Bill summary
Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; reclaimed water usage. Requires data center operators applying for grant payments from the Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund to utilize reclaimed water, defined in the bill, for water-dependent cooling processes at data center and cloud computing cluster operations facilities. The bill gradually increases the reclaimed water utilization requirement at such facilities from 60 percent of all water-dependent cooling processes beginning on July 1, 2027, to 100 percent on and after July 1, 2031.
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No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
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Confidence
Low
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Technical feasibility of reaching 100 percent reclaimed water use by 2031 is not documented.
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