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UT-HB 76 — Data Center Water Transparency Amendments

This bill addresses reporting related to water use and large data centers.

Legal stateEnacted or issuedA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionUtahState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-03-23Governor Signed
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting · Water standard

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Measures or limits how much water a data center draws for cooling, and how local scarcity is weighed in approvals.

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Issues named in the record

Water

These themes are supported by explicit words in the title or stored summary, not graph proximity.

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Formal policy pathway

Jill Koford

sponsored: Jill Koford

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UT-HB 76 evidence graph

Data Center Water Transparency Amendments

9 nodes · 8 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 2Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordUT-HB 76Data Center Water Transpare…UT-HB 76: Data Center Water Transparency AmendmentsPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismWater standardText-derived policy signalWater standard: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionUtahState policy jurisdictionUtah: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorJill KofordpersonJill Koford: personPolicy familyData Center Water Tran…UTData Center Water Transparency Amendments: UT

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