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2024 SESSION
SB 285 Siting of data centers; site assessment.
Introduced by: Danica A. Roem | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Siting of data centers; site assessment. Requires a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a data center, to require disclosure of water and power usage at full build-out and perform a site assessment to examine the effect of the data center on water usage, the regional electric grid, and carbon emissions as well as any impacts on agricultural, historic, and cultural resources within the locality.
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- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104537D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/07/24 Senate: Continued to 2025 in General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N)