"As I started to ask questions about what kind of data was going into our understanding around the energy needs of the growing data center industry, it seemed like the answer was there wasn't great data,"
"I feel that the more information we have, it'll help us integrate the growth of data centers into that broader t"
California legislators considered dozens of AI-related bills as lawmakers grappled with generative AI’s environmental impacts and growing everyday use. Environmental activists celebrated the retirement and official decommissioning of a Southern California oil rig at a San Francisco waterfront event. Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 53, requiring large-model developers to disclose safety measures and creating CalCompute, a public cloud infrastructure for researchers, startups, and public institutions. Lawmakers proposed additional measures to increase transparency about data centers, including a failed bill on energy reporting and a proposed bill to estimate and annually report data-center water use.
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