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SB417Introduced in the Senate

Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; reclaimed water usage, definitions.

Introduced

Introduced by Richard Stuart, District 25

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

February 10, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · February 10, 2026

15

Yes

0

No

0

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100086D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB417)

  4. Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N 2-A)

  5. Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

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