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OH-SB 378 — Enact the Responsible Water Use by Data Centers Act

To amend sections 1521.01 and 1521.99 and to enact sections 9.72 and 1521.232 of the Revised Code regarding the withdrawal and consumptive use of water by data centers and to name the act the Responsible Water Use by Data Centers Act.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionOhioState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-03-25Referred to committee: Public Utilities
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Water standard

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

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Enact the Responsible Water Use by Data Centers Act

10 nodes · 9 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals 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 recordOH-SB 378Enact the Responsible Water…OH-SB 378: Enact the Responsible Water Use by Data Centers ActPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeRatepayerAI-assisted policy themeRatepayer: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismWater standardText-derived policy signalWater standard: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionOhioState policy jurisdictionOhio: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorBlackshear WeinsteinpersonBlackshear Weinstein: personPolicy familyEnact the Responsible …OHEnact the Responsible Water Use by Data Centers Act: OH

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